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British Journal of Social Psychology
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Unforgiveness: Refining theory and measurement of an understudied construct

Authors: Madelynn R. D. Stackhouse; Rachel W. Jones Ross; Susan D. Boon;

Unforgiveness: Refining theory and measurement of an understudied construct

Abstract

This research presents a multidimensional conceptualization of unforgiveness and the development and validation of the unforgiveness measure ( UFM ). The scale was developed based on a qualitative study of people's experiences of unforgiven interpersonal offences (Study 1). Three dimensions of unforgiveness emerged (Study 2): emotional‐ruminative unforgiveness, cognitive‐evaluative unforgiveness, and offender reconstrual. We supported the scale's factor structure, reliability, and validity (Study 3). We also established the convergent and discriminant validity of the UFM with measures of negative affect, rumination, forgiveness, cognitive reappraisal, and emotional suppression (Study 4). Together, our results suggest that the UFM can capture variability in victims’ unforgiving experiences in the aftermath of interpersonal transgressions. Implications for understanding the construct of unforgiveness and directions for future research are discussed.

Keywords

Adult, Male, Adolescent, Psychometrics, Reproducibility of Results, Young Adult, Social Perception, Humans, Female, Psychological Theory, Forgiveness, Qualitative Research

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This indicator reflects the "current" impact/attention (the "hype") of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network.
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influence
This indicator reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically).
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impulse
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