Kyriazos Theodoros, Poga Mary
Department of Psychology, Panteion University, Athens, Greece.
, Athens, Greece.
J Relig Health. 2025 Jul 7. doi: 10.1007/s10943-025-02380-w.
This study examines the relationships between forgiveness, resilience, positive experiences, and life satisfaction, with a focus on potential indirect pathways that link these constructs. Rather than assuming a direct effect of forgiveness on life satisfaction, we examined whether resilience and positive experiences act as mediators in this association. A cross-sectional design was employed, and data were collected from 751 Greek adults using the Heartland Forgiveness Scale, Brief Resilience Scale, Scale of Positive and Negative Experience, and the Satisfaction with Life Scale. The findings revealed limited direct effects of forgiveness on life satisfaction. However, significant indirect effects emerged, particularly for self-forgiveness and situational forgiveness, operating through resilience and positive experiences. These results suggest that the role of forgiveness in well-being may be more accurately understood through its associations with adaptive functioning and emotional well-being. While the results are preliminary due to the cross-sectional nature of the data, they offer support for expanding existing models of forgiveness to include indirect psychological mechanisms. Future studies employing longitudinal designs are necessary to confirm these pathways and their implications for interventions aimed at enhancing well-being.
本研究考察了宽恕、心理韧性、积极体验与生活满意度之间的关系，重点关注连接这些构念的潜在间接路径。我们没有假定宽恕对生活满意度有直接影响，而是考察了心理韧性和积极体验在这种关联中是否起中介作用。采用横断面设计，使用“中心地带宽恕量表”“简易心理韧性量表”“正负性体验量表”和“生活满意度量表”，从751名希腊成年人中收集数据。研究结果显示宽恕对生活满意度的直接影响有限。然而，出现了显著的间接影响，特别是自我宽恕和情境宽恕，通过心理韧性和积极体验起作用。这些结果表明，通过宽恕与适应性功能和情绪幸福感的关联，可能会更准确地理解宽恕在幸福中的作用。虽然由于数据的横断面性质，结果是初步的，但它们为扩展现有的宽恕模型以纳入间接心理机制提供了支持。未来采用纵向设计的研究对于确认这些路径及其对旨在提高幸福感的干预措施的意义是必要的。
