Are Demographics Important for Forgiveness

Research Paper

Research design sampling technique threats to validity measurements ethical issues

Several theoretical forgiveness models have been proposed

within the literature (e.g., McCullough & Worthington, 1994).

These models may be viewed as representing certain theoretical

constructs and foundations. For example, psychological

forgiveness theory models include the psychodynamic perspective

suggested by Lapsely (1966) as well as the personal

construct model proposed by Kelly (1955) and Smith

(1981). In addition, forgiveness process models are used to

describe the psychological tasks involved in the act of forgiving

over a period of time (Augsburger, 1981; Loewen,

1970; Martin, 1967). Models based on a moral developmental

framework...