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Research on religion/spirituality and forgiveness: A meta-analytic review.

2013; American Psychological Association; Volume: 5; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1037/a0033637

1941-1022

Don E. Davis, Everett L. Worthington, Joshua N. Hook, Peter C. Hill,

Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health

In the present article, we review the literature on religion/spirituality (R/S) and forgiveness using meta-analysis. R/S was positively related to trait forgivingness (i.e., across relationships and situations; r .29), state forgiveness (i.e., of a specific offense; r .15), and self-forgiveness (r .12). Contextual measures of R/S more proximal to the forgiveness process were more strongly related to state forgiveness than were dispositional measures of R/S. Measures of one’s relationship with the sacred were more strongly related to self-forgiveness than were dispositional R/S measures. We discuss implications for next steps in the study of R/S and forgiveness.