Empathy Mediates the Relationship Between Motivations After Transgression and Forgiveness
Previous studies found the associations between motivations after transgression and forgiveness in adults. However, less is known about the relationship between transgression-related motivations and forgiveness among adolescents and the potential mediating role of empathy. These questions were inves...
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| description | Previous studies found the associations between motivations after transgression and forgiveness in adults. However, less is known about the relationship between transgression-related motivations and forgiveness among adolescents and the potential mediating role of empathy. These questions were investigated among 445 Chinese adolescents using the Tendency to Forgive Scale, the Transgression-Related Interpersonal Motivations Inventory, and the Interpersonal Reactivity Index. The results found a negative relationship between avoidance and revenge motivation and forgiveness tendency and a positive association between benevolent motivation and forgiveness tendency. In addition, the study also revealed a partial mediating role of empathy regarding the effect of the transgression-related motivations on forgiveness tendency. These findings suggested that empathy plays a vital role in the relationship between transgression-related motivations and forgiveness among adolescents. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-da119c4f7e1a4852912436bd5f43a6192022-12-22T01:22:29ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782020-07-011110.3389/fpsyg.2020.01466541565Empathy Mediates the Relationship Between Motivations After Transgression and ForgivenessLin Ma0Lin Ma1Yingjie Jiang2School of Psychology, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, ChinaSchool of Teacher Education, Anqing Normal University, Anqing, ChinaSchool of Psychology, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, ChinaPrevious studies found the associations between motivations after transgression and forgiveness in adults. However, less is known about the relationship between transgression-related motivations and forgiveness among adolescents and the potential mediating role of empathy. These questions were investigated among 445 Chinese adolescents using the Tendency to Forgive Scale, the Transgression-Related Interpersonal Motivations Inventory, and the Interpersonal Reactivity Index. The results found a negative relationship between avoidance and revenge motivation and forgiveness tendency and a positive association between benevolent motivation and forgiveness tendency. In addition, the study also revealed a partial mediating role of empathy regarding the effect of the transgression-related motivations on forgiveness tendency. These findings suggested that empathy plays a vital role in the relationship between transgression-related motivations and forgiveness among adolescents.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01466/fullrevengeavoidanceforgivenessempathyadolescents |
| spellingShingle | Lin Ma Lin Ma Yingjie Jiang Empathy Mediates the Relationship Between Motivations After Transgression and Forgiveness Frontiers in Psychology revenge avoidance forgiveness empathy adolescents |
| title | Empathy Mediates the Relationship Between Motivations After Transgression and Forgiveness |
| title_full | Empathy Mediates the Relationship Between Motivations After Transgression and Forgiveness |
| title_fullStr | Empathy Mediates the Relationship Between Motivations After Transgression and Forgiveness |
| title_full_unstemmed | Empathy Mediates the Relationship Between Motivations After Transgression and Forgiveness |
| title_short | Empathy Mediates the Relationship Between Motivations After Transgression and Forgiveness |
| title_sort | empathy mediates the relationship between motivations after transgression and forgiveness |
| topic | revenge avoidance forgiveness empathy adolescents |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01466/full |
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