Exploring New Directions in Self-Forgiveness Research: Integrating Self and Other Perspectives on Moral Repair

Autor: Tyler G. Okimoto, Mylyn C. Dat
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Social Justice Research. 31:206-217
ISSN: 1573-6725
0885-7466
DOI: 10.1007/s11211-018-0308-7
Popis: Self-forgiveness is not only shaped by processes exclusively within the self, nor are its consequences limited to the self. The Handbook of the Psychology of Self-Forgiveness (Woodyatt et al. 2017c) offers a timely collection of the growing and diverse scholarship on self-forgiveness, as well as a valuable resource for researchers. More importantly, however, it also provides a launching point for further theoretical and empirical innovations. In particular, we highlight the need to further investigate the role of others in the search for self-forgiveness and ultimately, moral redemption for the self. We reflect on the evolution and conceptualization, antecedents and consequences, and application of self-forgiveness. We then suggest new avenues for research that integrate self and other perspectives to understand an individual’s journey through self-forgiveness within a broader social context. We propose that we can conceptualize self-forgiveness and forgiveness as two complementary sides of the same process toward moral repair.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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