Forgiveness: a China - Western Europe comparison

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2008

Authors

Regina Paz (Author) Other; Felix Neto (Author) FPCEUP; Etienne Mullet (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Vol. 142 No. 2

Pages: 147-157

ISSN: 0022-3980

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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Scientific classification

FOS: Social sciences > Psychology

Associated Projects

Perdão e Amnistias - Perdão e Amnistias: Prespectivas Europeias, Africanas e Asiáticas

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Authenticus ID: P-004-18P

DOI: 10.3200/jrlp.142.2.147-158

Abstract (EN): The authors assessed forgiveness among Chinese (n = 738) and Western European (n = 810) participants using the Forgivingness Questionnaire (E. Mullet et al., 2003). They found that between the 2 samples, (a) the overall level of dispositional forgiveness was similar, (b) lasting resentment was higher among the Chinese than among the Western Europeans, and (c) sensitivity to the circumstances of the offense was higher among the Chinese than among the Westem Europeans. These results contrast with what researchers have observed in previous studies in which forgiveness has been shown to be systematically higher in collectivistic cultures than in individualistic cultures. The authors suggest that there are possibly many other differences across cultures, namely in religion, that may impact views of forgiveness.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

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No. of pages: 11