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Forgiveness and health-related quality of life in older people

Adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies as mediators

Bibliographic Data

ID4226959
AuthorsLourdes Rey (0000-0003-1394-1646, Universidad de Málaga), Natalio Extremera (0000-0002-8874-7912, Universidad de Málaga)
Year2016
Volume21
Issue12
Pages2944-2954
Publication date2016-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1359105315589393
PMID26113528
OpenAlexW1502975419
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited41

This study examined whether adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies mediate the relationship between forgiveness and health-related quality of life in a sample of 350 Spanish people aged 55 years and older. Positive refocusing and positive reappraisal strategies partially mediated the relation between forgiveness and mental health. Thus, focusing on planning partially mediated the relation between forgiveness and physical health. Our findings contribute to an emerging understanding of the underlying coping process between forgiveness and health outcomes and might provide preliminary insight for potential intervention for increasing quality of life via the promotion of forgiveness and adaptive coping in the elderly

Cognition · Coping (psychology · Developmental psychology · Forgiveness · Mental health · Physical health · Psychiatry · Psychotherapist · Quality of life (healthcare · Forgiveness and Related Behaviors · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Social Psychology

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Citations per year1,43
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