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This study was conducted to develop the Global Interpersonal Forgiveness Test (GIFT) a measure of forgiving behaviors, thoughts, and feelings towards strangers, acquaintances, and loved ones. The purpose of this new instrument is to develop a measure of a dispositional tendency to forgive for three different types of relationships. The GIFT is derived from the Enright 21-stage model of forgiveness to arrive at a 63-item assessment that addresses three types of relationships. Three hundred and sixteen participants in the study completed the GIFT and a principal component analysis was conducted to find basic psychometric properties. Three general factors emerged from the analysis: anger, rumination, and creating meaning/finding empathy. Results of this study indicate that the GIFT is a reliable and valid instrument that contributes to the psychology study of forgiveness by assessing forgiving in three different types of relationships.
Advisor: | Harrist, Steve, Winterowd, Carrie |
Commitee: | Boswell, Don, Clark, Julie, Reitan, Eric |
School: | Oklahoma State University |
Department: | Education (all programs) |
School Location: | United States -- Oklahoma |
Source: | DAI-B 74/01(E), Dissertation Abstracts International |
Source Type: | DISSERTATION |
Subjects: | Counseling Psychology, Psychology |
Keywords: | Anger and hurt, Forgiveness, Interpersonal stress, Psychometric |
Publication Number: | 3525679 |
ISBN: | 978-1-267-59141-8 |