Victim and offender accounts of interpersonal conflict
Autobiographical narratives of forgiveness and unforgiveness
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6204027 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeanne S Zechmeister (Loyola University Chicago, corresponding author), Catherine Romero (Loyola University Chicago) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 675-686 |
| Publication date | 2002-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037//0022-3514.82.4.675 |
| PMID | 11999931 |
| OpenAlex | W4236079396 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 138 |
| References cited | 34 |
Participants wrote 2 narratives that described an incident in which they angered or hurt someone (offender) or in which someone angered or hurt them (victim) and the offense was forgiven or not forgiven. Victims portrayed the offense as continuing (open), and offenders portrayed the offense as over (closed). Forgiveness narratives portrayed offenses as closed and with positive outcomes; however, for some victims, forgiveness coincided with continued anger, suggesting incomplete forgiveness. Dispositional empathy was associated with more benign interpretations of offenses, and situational empathy (e.g., for the offender) was associated with victims' forgiveness. In contrast, offenders' empathy for victims was associated with less self-forgiveness. Thus, both victim or offender role and forgiveness must be considered to understand narratives of interpersonal offenses
Anger · Empathy · Forgiveness · Interpersonal communication · Interpersonal relationship · Narrative · Remorse · Situational ethics · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Forgiveness and Related Behaviors · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Identity, Memory, and Therapy · Military, Security, and Education Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology
The antecedents and consequences of interpersonal forgiveness
Forgiveness in personal relationships
We are sorry
Seeking Forgiveness
The Transgressor's Response to Denied Forgiveness
Winning the victim status can open conflicting groups to reconciliation
No genuine self‐forgiveness without accepting responsibility
Back to caring after being hurt
Forgive them for I have sinned
Framing Forgiveness
Self-forgiveness in Psychology and Psychotherapy
Motivations for Forgiving an Offender with Practical Implications for Those in the Helping Professions
Forgivingness, Vengeful Rumination, and Affective Traits
Humiliation and human rights in diverse societies
The Space Between
Gender Differences in the Relationship Between Empathy and Forgiveness
Forgiveness and Justice
Self–Forgiveness
When apologies work
Writing about the benefits of an interpersonal transgression facilitates forgiveness.
I Avenge; Others Aggress”
Perpetrators’, Victims’, and Witnesses’ Folk Explanations of Aggressive Behaviors
Unforgiveness in the Light of Sexual Infidelity
Exploring the Associations Between Hexaco Personality Factors and the Perceptions of Self, Victim, and Divine Forgiveness
Unveiling the nature and attributes of self-forgiveness in young Indian adults
Does victim forgiveness relieve perpetrator guilt? Examining null effects with equivalence tests and Bayes factor
Self-protection predicts lower willingness to apologize
The Relationship between Creativity and Attitudes toward Intergroup Conflicts
Social inclusion through synergy of kindness, forgiveness, and peaceableness
Implications of Divine Forgiveness for Conciliatory Behavior
Developing conceptions of forgiveness across the lifespan
The double‐edged sword of employee forgiveness
Religious Leadership Failure
Increasing Intergroup Cooperation Toward Social Change by Restoring Advantaged and Disadvantaged Groups’ Positive Identities
The Role of Acceptance and Empowerment in Promoting Reconciliation from the Perspective of the Needs‐Based Model
The Impact of Intergroup Emotions on Forgiveness in Northern Ireland
Empathetic identification and punitiveness
Toward an understanding of the complexities surrounding forgiveness among men struggling with paternal attachment injury
When apologizing hurts
Transgressors' guilt and shame
Dimensions of forgiveness
A dehumanization perspective on dependence in low-satisfaction (abusive) relationships
Does good emotion management aid forgiving? Multiple dimensions of empathy, emotion management and forgiveness of self and others
Writing wrongs
Victim-perpetrator differences in reports of hurtful events
A needs-based model of reconciliation
Too Proud to Let Go
Not so innocent
Forgiveness and Collective Guilt Assignment to Historical Perpetrator Groups Depend on Level of Social Category Inclusiveness
Perpetrators’ reactions to perceived interpersonal wrongdoing
The role of forgiveness in shifting from “Me” to “We”
The Bereavement Guilt Scale
Refusing to forgive can have psychological benefits
The enigma of altruistic lying
The role of sincere amends and perceived partner responsiveness in forgiveness
Insecure attachment and depressive symptoms
In the wake of betrayal
Lay perspectives on the costs and risks of forgiving
Exploring the lay representation of forgiveness
Situational precursors of revenge
The relation between implicit theories of personality and forgiveness
A prototype analysis of infidelity
The development and psychometric properties of the grudge aspect measure
Redefining unforgiveness
Self‐Harm Focus Leads to Greater Collective Guilt
Group Threat, Collective Angst, and Ingroup Forgiveness for the War in Iraq
Forgiving the Unforgivable
Do we forgive physical aggression in the same way that we forgive psychological aggression
Victims versus perpetrators
Exploring the psychological processes underlying interpersonal forgiveness
The apology mismatch
Interpersonal consequences of forgiveness
The effects of attributions of intent and apology on forgiveness
Forgiveness
Beyond righting the wrong
Self-forgiveness versus excusing
Forgiveness
Apologies
Why we harm the organization for a perpetrator's actions
How Do Non-Black U.S. College Students Think They Would Feel After Committing a Race-Related Interpersonal Transgression
Between friends
How Stories Make Sense of Personal Experiences
Forgiveness
Personality, Modernity, and the Storied Self
Forgiveness as Human Strength
Counseling Within the Forgiveness Triad
Measuring interpersonal forgiveness in late adolescence and middle adulthood
Kernbergian Psychodynamics and Religious Aspects of the Forgiveness Process
Commentary
Empathy, Shame, Guilt, and Narratives of Interpersonal Conflicts
What Do We Know When We Know a Person
Interpersonal forgiving in close relationships
Interpersonal forgiving in close relationships
Damaging Events
Explaining our sins
Apology as aggression control
Victim and perpetrator accounts of interpersonal conflict
Shamed into anger? The relation of shame and guilt to anger and self-reported aggression
Accommodation processes in close relationships
Measuring individual differences in empathy
The Language of Defense
| Unique citing works | 81 |
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| Citations per year | 6 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2026 (24) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 125 |