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01.12.2009 | Research Paper

Forgiveness, Gratitude, and Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Affect and Beliefs

verfasst von: Loren Toussaint, Philip Friedman

Erschienen in: Journal of Happiness Studies | Ausgabe 6/2009

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Forgiveness and gratitude are positive psychological characteristics that are connected to well-being. This study examined these connections in an understudied population of psychotherapy outpatients and examined the extent to which affect and beliefs mediated these relationships. Participants were 72 outpatients who completed a battery of assessments as part of a standard intake protocol. Results showed that forgiveness and gratitude were both positively and strongly associated with well-being and largely, though not completely, mediated by affect and belief. Forgiveness and gratitude may have an important place in the positive psychologist’s repertoire of well-being enhancing techniques and exercises in general, and may be particularly powerful with a clinical psychotherapy population.

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Titel: Forgiveness, Gratitude, and Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Affect and Beliefs
verfasst von: Loren Toussaint
Philip Friedman
Publikationsdatum: 01.12.2009
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: Journal of Happiness Studies / Ausgabe 6/2009
Print ISSN: 1389-4978
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-7780
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-008-9111-8

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