All posts; Tags Include "Forgiveness"
- February 5, 2010
- 04:58 PM
- 278 views
Does prayer make you more forgiving... and why?
Widely reported earlier this week was a study on prayer and forgiveness. It's by the same crew that gave us the study last year on prayer and gratitude, and has (broadly speaking) the same methodological concerns (it only recruited students who already pray, and uses measures that are difficult to interpret).But, fair doos, this is an interventional study of the effects of prayer that is basically sound, and the authors deserve kudos for trying to assess this unfashionable area. So what did it s........ Read more »
Lambert, N., Fincham, F., Stillman, T., Graham, S., & Beach, S. (2009) Motivating Change in Relationships: Can Prayer Increase Forgiveness?. Psychological Science, 21(1), 126-132. DOI: 10.1177/0956797609355634
- April 19, 2009
- 08:01 PM
- 516 views
Forgiveness Therapy Endorsed by a Skeptic
by David Johnson, MSW, LICSW in Dare To Dream
Since I heard of all the excitement in the therapy literature about forgiveness therapy, I've been a skeptic. I've worked with a lot of people who have experienced unforgivable abuse. Often they are tortured by their feelings of anger, resentment, helplessness, violation, and shame for allowing themselves to be a victim. They also feel guilt about their anger with the perpetrator so much so they feel morally obligated to forgive the perpetrator. When they do, they seem to feel no personal relie........ Read more »
Bridges, M. (2006) Activating the corrective emotional experience. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 62(5), 551-568. DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20248
Robert D. Enright, & Richard P. Fitzgibbons. (2000) Helping Clients Forgive - An Empirical Guide for Resolving Anger and Restoring Hope. Washington DC. DOI: 1-55798-689-4
Greenberg, L., & Pascual-Leone, A. (2006) Emotion in psychotherapy: A practice-friendly research review. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 62(5), 611-630. DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20252
Reed, G., & Enright, R. (2006) The effects of forgiveness therapy on depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress for women after spousal emotional abuse. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 74(5), 920-929. DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.74.5.920
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