Psychology Department, Wheaton College, 501 College Ave., Wheaton, IL 60187, USA.
J Adolesc. 2012 Oct;35(5):1215-23. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2012.04.004. Epub 2012 May 19.
Coping strategies employed by adolescents in response to negative peer experiences are related to their adjustment. This study examines the potential of forgiveness as a coping response for negative peer experiences in early adolescence. Participants were 616 6th through 8th grade students at a middle school (46% girls) who completed self-report measures of bullying and victimization experiences, general coping strategies in response to bullying, social anxiety, self-esteem, and a measure of forgiveness to a self-identified experience of being bullied or hurt by a peer. Forgiveness was positively associated with conflict resolution, advice and support seeking strategies, and negatively associated with revenge seeking. Forgiveness was also positively associated with concurrent self-esteem and negatively associated with social anxiety. Further, forgiveness was related to social anxiety and self-esteem after accounting for bullying behavior and victimization experiences, general coping responses, and gender. Developmental considerations of forgiveness and implications for this response are considered.
青少年应对负面同伴经历的应对策略与其适应有关。本研究考察了宽恕作为应对青春期早期负面同伴经历的一种应对方式的可能性。参与者是一所中学的 616 名 6 至 8 年级学生（46%为女生），他们完成了关于欺凌和受害经历、应对欺凌的一般应对策略、社交焦虑、自尊以及对被同伴欺凌或伤害的自我认同经历的宽恕的自我报告测量。宽恕与冲突解决、寻求建议和支持的策略呈正相关，与报复心理呈负相关。宽恕也与当前的自尊呈正相关，与社交焦虑呈负相关。此外，在考虑了欺凌行为和受害经历、一般应对策略以及性别之后，宽恕与社交焦虑和自尊有关。考虑到宽恕的发展意义及其对这种反应的影响。
