Liu Hui, Li Haijiang
Department of Psychology, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China.
Front Psychol. 2020 Mar 27;11:472. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00472. eCollection 2020.
Previous studies have shown that forgiveness is associated with the ability of self-control. However, whether self-control can modulate interpersonal forgiveness remains unclear. In the current study, we aimed to explore the relationship between self-control and the process of forgiveness using a behavioral measure of forgiveness during which participants distributed money between themselves and unknown others who had previously treated them fairly or unfairly in an adapted decision-making task. Seventy-two participants with low or high self-control were recruited based on their scores on the self-control scale (SCS). Results showed that participants exhibited increased anger and decreased happiness after experiencing unfair treatment. Participants with high self-control distributed more money to opponents who previously treated them unfairly compared with those with low self-control, whereas no such difference was observed to opponents who previously treated them fairly between the two groups. A significantly positive correlation was also found between the forgiveness rates and participants' self-control scores. These findings suggest that self-control modulates interpersonal forgiveness responses. Individuals with high self-control expressed an increased prosocial response toward people who previously offended them, which is similar to the process of forgiveness.
先前的研究表明，宽恕与自我控制能力相关。然而，自我控制是否能够调节人际宽恕尚不清楚。在本研究中，我们旨在通过一种宽恕行为测量方法来探究自我控制与宽恕过程之间的关系，在此过程中，参与者在一个经过改编的决策任务中，在自己与之前公平或不公平对待过他们的未知他人之间分配金钱。根据自我控制量表（SCS）的得分，招募了72名自我控制能力低或高的参与者。结果显示，参与者在经历不公平对待后愤怒增加、幸福感降低。与自我控制能力低的参与者相比，自我控制能力高的参与者向之前不公平对待他们的对手分配了更多金钱，而两组参与者向之前公平对待他们的对手分配金钱时未观察到这种差异。宽恕率与参与者的自我控制得分之间也存在显著正相关。这些发现表明，自我控制调节人际宽恕反应。自我控制能力高的个体对之前冒犯过他们的人表现出增强的亲社会反应，这与宽恕过程相似。
