Forgiveness in Marriage: Implications for Psychological Aggression and Constructive Communication

By F. Fincham, S. Beach. 2002

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Health, Social Psychology

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Of Memes and Marriage: Toward a Positive Relationship Science (2010, result): “Fincham and Beach (2002) formally examined the structure of forgiveness in married couples and showed that a two-dimensional model comprising benevolence (forgiveness) and unforgiveness fit the data better than a unidimensional model, a finding also obtained in the recent development of an…”
Forgiving communication as a response to relational transgressions (2005, background): “For example, forgiveness has been linked with a reduction in psychological aggression towards an offending partner (Fincham & Beach, 2002).”
Self-control inhibits aggression. (2011, background): “…in terms of daily provocation from the partner, (b) impellance in terms of general tendencies toward retaliation in the relationship (e.g., ‘‘I think about how to even the score when my partner wrongs me’’; see Fincham & Beach, 2002), and (c) inhibition in terms of daily commitment to the partner.”
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.”
Positive Responses to Benefit and Harm: Bringing Forgiveness and Gratitude Into Cognitive Psychotherapy (2006, background): “Alternatively, an ability to incorporate external pressures or other uncontrollable circumstances that may have influenced the transgressor’s behavior can help to deter these negative reactions and facilitate forgiveness instead (Fincham & Beach, 2002; Fincham, Paleari, & Regalia, 2002).”
An Investigation of Forgiveness-seeking Communication and Relational Outcomes (2005, background): “Several theorists have commented that forgiveness involves a renegotiated relationship between the partners (e.g., Fincham & Beach, 2002; Hargrave, 1994) in addition to a simple admission of guilt.”
Transgression Severity and Forgiveness: Different Moderators for Objective and Subjective Severity (2005, background): “It has become clear that relationship variables are related to forgiveness, including commitment (Finkel, Rusbult, Kumashiro, & Hannon, 2002), closeness (McCullough et al., 1998), and relationship satisfaction (Fincham & Beach, 2002a; Fincham, Paleari, & Regalia, 2002).”