Children's Evaluations and Expectations of Forgiveness Following Second- and Third-Party Interventions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9646201 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Abby McLaughlin (0000-0002-1307-3212, Boston College, corresponding author), Julia Marshall (0000-0002-7981-0481, Boston College), Isabela Gonzalez-Rubio Saab (Boston College), Isabela Gonzalez‐Rubio Saab (Boston College), Katherine Mcauliffe (0000-0002-1314-0139, Boston College) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 96 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 2146-2161 |
| Publication date | 2025-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Child Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-3920 • E-ISSN: 1467-8624 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/cdev.70030 |
| PMID | 40838598 |
| OpenAlex | W4413400017 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 50 |
Following a transgression, forgiveness can restore power imbalances and repair damaged bonds, helping maintain important relationships. Yet, we know little about which kinds of responses to transgression best foster forgiveness. Across two studies, with 5- to 9-year-olds in the United States (N = 302; 159 female, 64.2% White, tested in 2022 and 2023), we explore children's evaluations of intervention strategies and their expectations of forgiveness by victims. Our key manipulations were intervention type (compensation, punishment, pardoning, or doing nothing) and intervener role (authority figure, peer, or victim responder; Study 2 only). Our findings show that children's expectations of forgiveness and evaluations depend on who intervenes and how, shedding new light on the relationship between justice-oriented interventions and forgiveness in childhood
Developmental psychology · Forgiveness · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Psychotherapist · Third party · Conflict Management and Negotiation · Forgiveness and Related Behaviors · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |