The stress-and-coping model of forgiveness: Theory, research, and the potential of dyadic coping

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2020

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Strelan, P.G.

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Worthington, E.
Wade, N.

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Handbook of Forgiveness, 2020 / Worthington, E., Wade, N. (ed./s), Ch.7, pp.63-73

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Peter Strelan

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Researchers often employ the stress-and-coping model of forgiveness as a framework for understanding the forgiveness process and interpreting the health and well-being outcomes associated with forgiving. In the first part of this chapter, I review the basic tenets of the model, including outlining the various ways in which individual coping strategies have been conceptualized, and I summarize the research that has applied different coping approaches to forgiveness. In the second part of the chapter, I argue for opening a new frontier in the psychology of forgiveness, encouraging researchers to measure interdependent actor and partner effects as they relate to the antecedents and effects of the forgiveness process. I review the fundamental principles of dyadic coping models and propose that theorizing and research on forgiveness will be advanced by paying attention to the promise offered by dyadic coping.

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© 2020 selection and editorial matter Everett L. Worthington, Jr. and Nathaniel G. Wade; individual chapters, the contributors

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