TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Forgiveness: A perception and motivation study among married adults
JO  - Scandinavian journal of psychology
A1  - Orathinkal, Jose
A1  - Vansteenwegen, Alfons
A1  - Burggraeve, Roger
SP  - 155
EP  - 160
VL  - 49
IS  - 2
N2  - 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 /> 
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SN  - 0036-5564
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9450.2007.00605.x
ID  - ref1
ER  -