@article{ref1,
title="Forgiveness: A perception and motivation study among married adults",
journal="Scandinavian journal of psychology",
year="2008",
author="Orathinkal, Jose and Vansteenwegen, Alfons and Burggraeve, Roger",
volume="49",
number="2",
pages="155-160",
abstract="This cross-sectional study investigated the perception and motivation of forgiveness among 785 heterosexually married adults from the Flanders region in Belgium. A descriptive analysis showed that, in general, the respondents have a rather positive perception of forgiveness. In the second phase of the study, a t-test showed evidence of a significant difference between the positive perception of forgiveness of the first-married and remarried adults. But on a gender level, there was no difference either in the positive or in the negative scales. This study has shown that the general forgiveness has significant (p < 0.001) positive correlation with the perception of forgiveness.<p />",
language="",
issn="0036-5564",
doi="10.1111/j.1467-9450.2007.00605.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9450.2007.00605.x"
}