Department of Practical Theology, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, 130 Essex Street, South Hamilton, MA, 01982, USA.
Center for Adolescent Substance Use and Addiction Research, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
J Relig Health. 2021 Aug;60(4):2662-2676. doi: 10.1007/s10943-021-01217-6. Epub 2021 Mar 6.
We examined three religiously/spiritually motivated forgiveness types, forgiveness of self, others, and divine forgiveness, and their association with depressive symptoms, across adolescent gender and age groups. Twelve- to 18-year-old patients arriving for primary care completed a 3-item Forgiveness measure and the Beck Depression Inventory-II. Girls reported a higher tendency to forgive others compared to boys, and self-forgiveness and divine forgiveness tended to decline with age in both genders. We found no significant associations between forgiveness and depression among boys. Among girls, higher self-forgiveness was associated with fewer depressive symptoms. Forgiveness of others was associated with less depression only among 17-18-year-old girls. Divine forgiveness showed no association with depression in either gender. Forgiveness of self and others appears to be protective factors for depression among adolescent girls.
我们考察了三种基于宗教/精神的宽恕类型，即自我宽恕、他人宽恕和神的宽恕，以及它们与青少年性别和年龄群体的抑郁症状的关联。12 至 18 岁的患者在接受初级保健时完成了 3 项宽恕量表和贝克抑郁量表第二版。与男孩相比，女孩报告了更高的宽恕他人的倾向，而在两性中，自我宽恕和神的宽恕往往随着年龄的增长而下降。我们没有发现宽恕与男孩抑郁之间的显著关联。在女孩中，较高的自我宽恕与较少的抑郁症状相关。只有在 17-18 岁的女孩中，对他人的宽恕才与较少的抑郁相关。在任何性别中，神的宽恕与抑郁都没有关联。自我宽恕和他人宽恕似乎是青少年女孩抑郁的保护因素。
