Personality predictors of levels of forgiveness two and a half years after the transgression

MALTBY, John, WOOD, Alex M., DAY, Liza, KON, Tabatha W.H., COLLEY, Ann and LINLEY, P. Alex (2008). Personality predictors of levels of forgiveness two and a half years after the transgression. Journal of Research in Personality, 42 (4), 1088-1094. [Article]

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Abstract
The aim of the present study was to explore whether the domains and facets of the five-factor model of personality predicted motivational states for avoidance and revenge following a transgression at a second temporal point distant from the original transgression. A sample of 438 university students, who reported experiencing a serious transgression against them, completed measures of avoidance and revenge motivations around the transgression and five-factor personality domains and facets at time 1, and measures of avoidance and revenge motivations two and a half years later. The findings suggest that neuroticism, and specifically anger hostility, predicts revenge and avoidance motivations
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