Assignment: Demographics Forgiveness
Assignment: Demographics Forgiveness
Assignment: Demographics Forgiveness Importance
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Access the online library and search for one of the following research articles: Assignment: Demographics Forgiveness Importance
Oranthinkal, J., Vansteenwegen, A., & Burggraeve, R. (2008). Are demographics important for forgiveness? The Family Journal, 16(20). doi:10.1177/1066480707309542
Deater-Deckard, K., Dodge, K. A., Bates, J. E., & Pettit, G. S. (1996). Physical discipline among African American and European American mothers: Links to childrens externalizing behaviors. Developmental Psychology, 32, 1065-1072.
Leonard, K. E. & Senchak, M. (1996). Prospective prediction of husband marital aggression within newlywed couples. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 105, 369-380.
Thoroughly read the article you selected and identify and critique the following:
research design
sampling technique
threats to validity
measurements
ethical issue
Assignment: Demographics Forgiveness
For this discussion, please organize your posting thus:
1: Article title: [Give the article title]
2: Design: [Briefly state the designa single sentence should suffice]
3: Sampling technique: [Briefly state how the sample was obtaineda single sentence should suffice]
4: Threats to validity: [Give some detailed analysis hereaddress both internal & external validity issues]
5: Measurements: [State how the important variables were operationalized; do any issues here contribute to validity problems? If so, how could these be resolved?]
6: Ethical issues: [You might take a look back at the previous discussion regarding the IRB. Also, give any thoughts you have about how the study might be done differently if researchers sought to perform a conceptual replication
]
Wards quote suggests that forgiveness can not only
induce positive feelings, but alleviate the psychological pain
resulting from an interpersonal transgression. Although
Ward was perhaps speaking metaphorically, there is a substantial body of research linking forgiveness to physical and
physiological well-being (e.g., Hannon, Finkel, Kumashiro,
& Rusbult, 2012; Lawler et al., 2003; Pargament & Rye,
1998; Witvliet, Ludwig, & VanderLaan, 2001; Worthington,
Witvliet, Pietrini, & Miller, 2007). While forgiving is known
to reduce negative feelings, resentment, and vindictive motivations toward a transgressor (Worthington, 2006;
Worthington et al., 2007), much less is known about the relationship between forgiveness and negative affect more generally. It is important to fill this gap in the literature, because
the nature of this relationship has important implications for
not only how forgiveness is conceptualized, but also for
understanding its origins.
Our primary objective in this research is to explore the
reciprocal relationship between negative affect and forgivenessspecifically, to test whether experiencing a negative
affective state increases the likelihood of forgiveness, and
whether forgiving can reduce negative affect