Fincham Frank D, Beach Steven R H, Davila Joanne
Family Institute, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1490, USA.
J Fam Psychol. 2007 Sep;21(3):542-5. doi: 10.1037/0893-3200.21.3.542.
Does forgiveness predict later conflict resolution in married couples? Twelve-month follow-up data on conflict resolution were collected from the couples studied by F. D. Fincham, S. R. Beach, and J. Davila, who had provided earlier reports of forgiveness and conflict resolution. For wives, the positive dimension of forgiveness or benevolence predicted husbands' later reports of better conflict resolution controlling for initial levels of conflict resolution. This finding was independent of wives' marital satisfaction and the degree of hurt engendered by husbands' transgressions. For husbands, the only predictor of wives' reports of later conflict resolution was initial level of conflict resolution. The findings are discussed in terms of the direction of effect between forgiveness and conflict resolution and of the mechanisms that might link them.
宽恕能否预测已婚夫妇日后的冲突解决情况？我们从F. D. 芬奇姆、S. R. 比奇和J. 达维拉研究的夫妇那里收集了关于冲突解决的为期12个月的随访数据，这些夫妇之前曾报告过宽恕和冲突解决情况。对于妻子而言，宽恕或仁慈的积极维度预测了丈夫日后关于更好地解决冲突的报告，同时控制了冲突解决的初始水平。这一发现独立于妻子的婚姻满意度以及丈夫的过错所造成的伤害程度。对于丈夫而言，妻子日后关于冲突解决的报告的唯一预测因素是冲突解决的初始水平。我们从宽恕与冲突解决之间的影响方向以及可能将它们联系起来的机制方面对这些发现进行了讨论。
