Butler Mark H, Dahlin Samuel K, Fife Stephen T
Marriage and Family Therapy Program, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA.
J Marital Fam Ther. 2002 Jul;28(3):285-98. doi: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2002.tb01187.x.
Forgiveness is a significant intervention for healing interpersonal injury. Yet therapists do not often use forgiveness intervention. Employing a semantic perspective and a survey design (n = 307), this study investigated whether the language used to rationalize forgiveness intervention (set at five levels: personal growth, relationship reconciliation, spiritual issue, others' growth, and pardoning/condoning) may affect its acceptability. Gender, problem type, and choice were also included in the analyses. Overall, forgiveness was found to be an acceptable intervention. A pardoning/condoning rationale led to significantly lower acceptability ratings. Other results are discussed. We conclude that therapists should be less apprehensive about using forgiveness, but need to inform themselves better concerning its purpose, process, and articulation.
宽恕是修复人际伤害的一项重要干预措施。然而，治疗师并不经常使用宽恕干预。本研究采用语义视角和调查设计（n = 307），调查用于合理化宽恕干预的语言（分为五个层次：个人成长、关系和解、精神问题、他人成长以及赦免/宽恕）是否会影响其可接受性。分析中还纳入了性别、问题类型和选择因素。总体而言，宽恕被认为是一种可接受的干预措施。赦免/宽恕的理由导致可接受性评分显著降低。文中讨论了其他结果。我们得出结论，治疗师在使用宽恕时应减少顾虑，但需要更好地了解其目的、过程和表述方式。
