Harris Alex H S, Luskin Frederic, Norman Sonya B, Standard Sam, Bruning Jennifer, Evans Stephanie, Thoresen Carl E
VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Stanford University School of Medicine, Center for Health Care Evaluation, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
J Clin Psychol. 2006 Jun;62(6):715-33. doi: 10.1002/jclp.20264.
The goal of this study was to evaluate the effects of a 6-week forgiveness intervention on three outcomes: (a) offense-specific forgiveness, (b) forgiveness-likelihood in new situations, and (c) health-related psychosocial variables, such as perceived stress and trait-anger. Participants were 259 adults who had experienced a hurtful interpersonal transgression from which they still felt negative consequences. They were randomized to a forgiveness-training program or a no-treatment control group. The intervention reduced negative thoughts and feelings about the target transgression 2 to 3 times more effectively than the control condition, and it produced significantly greater increases in positive thoughts and feelings toward the transgressor. Significant treatment effects were also found for forgiveness self-efficacy, forgiveness generalized to new situations, perceived stress, and trait-anger.
本研究的目的是评估为期6周的宽恕干预对三个结果的影响：（a）针对特定冒犯行为的宽恕，（b）在新情境中宽恕的可能性，以及（c）与健康相关的心理社会变量，如感知压力和特质愤怒。参与者为259名成年人，他们曾经历过人际间的伤害性冒犯行为，并仍能感受到负面影响。他们被随机分为宽恕训练组或无治疗对照组。与对照组相比，该干预措施能将对目标冒犯行为的负面想法和感受减少2至3倍，并且对冒犯者产生的积极想法和感受有显著更大的增加。在宽恕自我效能、推广到新情境的宽恕、感知压力和特质愤怒方面也发现了显著的治疗效果。
