The tendency to forgive in dating and married couples: The role of attachment and relationship satisfaction

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Attachment and trait forgivingness: The mediating role of angry rumination (2007, methodology): “In accordance with research demonstrating a link between insecure attachment and vengefulness (e.g., Kachadourian et al., 2004), in Study 1, we found support for the hypothesis that insecure attachment also predicts lower forgivingness.”
Attributions of blame following a product-harm crisis depend on consumers’ attachment styles (2016, background): “People with the secure style find it easy to trust and forgive others because they believe others have good intentions and generally expect positive outcomes from relationships (Bowlby 1973; Jang et al. 2002; Kachadourian et al. 2004; Mikulincer et al. 2001).”
The role of trait forgiveness and relationship satisfaction in episodic forgiveness (2007, background): “Consistent with past research (e.g., Fincham, 2000; Fincham & Beach, 2002; Fincham et al., 2002; Kachadourian et al., 2004; McCullough et al., 1998), we found significant associations between trait forgiveness, episodic forgiveness and self–reported relationship satisfaction.”
Should i stay or should i go? Attachment and personality in stable and instable romantic relationships (2006, background): “Several studies have shown that partner attachment and relationship satisfaction are related aspects of relationship quality (Collins & Read, 1990; Kachadourian et al., 2004; Su ¨mer & Cozzarelli, 2004).”