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Krentzman AR, Webb JR, Jester JM, et al. Longitudinal Relationship between Forgiveness of Self and Forgiveness of Others among Individuals with Alcohol Use Disorders. Psycholog Relig Spiritual. 2017;10(2):128-137doi: 10.1037/rel0000152.
Krentzman, A. R., Webb, J. R., Jester, J. M., & Harris, J. I. (2018). Longitudinal Relationship between Forgiveness of Self and Forgiveness of Others among Individuals with Alcohol Use Disorders. Psychology of religion and spirituality, 10(2), 128-137. https://doi.org/10.1037/rel0000152
Krentzman, Amy R, et al. "Longitudinal Relationship between Forgiveness of Self and Forgiveness of Others among Individuals with Alcohol Use Disorders." Psychology of religion and spirituality vol. 10,2 (2018): 128-137. doi: https://doi.org/10.1037/rel0000152
Krentzman AR, Webb JR, Jester JM, Harris JI. Longitudinal Relationship between Forgiveness of Self and Forgiveness of Others among Individuals with Alcohol Use Disorders. Psycholog Relig Spiritual. 2018 May;10(2):128-137. doi: 10.1037/rel0000152. Epub 2017 Nov 27. PMID: 29904570; PMCID: PMC5995557.
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Psycholog Relig Spiritual. 2018 May;10(2):128-137. doi: 10.1037/rel0000152. Epub 2017 Nov 27.

Longitudinal Relationship between Forgiveness of Self and Forgiveness of Others among Individuals with Alcohol Use Disorders.

Psychology of religion and spirituality

Amy R Krentzman, Jon R Webb, Jennifer M Jester, J Irene Harris

Affiliations

  1. University of Minnesota School of Social Work, 1404 Gortner Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55108, USA.
  2. University of Michigan Department of Psychiatry, 4250 Plymouth Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
  3. East Tennessee State University Department of Psychology, Box 70649, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA.
  4. Minneapolis VA Health Care System, 1 Veterans Dr, Minneapolis, MN 55417, USA.
  5. University of Minnesota Department of Psychiatry, 2450 Riverside Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55454.

PMID: 29904570 PMCID: PMC5995557 DOI: 10.1037/rel0000152

Abstract

Previous research has suggested that forgiveness of self and forgiveness of others might function differently over the course of addiction recovery. However, we know little about the longitudinal process of these dimensions of forgiveness for individuals addressing alcohol-use disorders. Increased knowledge would inform the content and sequencing of intervention strategies. Three hundred and sixty-four individuals managing alcohol dependence participated in a 30-month longitudinal study, reporting their capacity to forgive self and to forgive others every 6 months. Findings indicated that a) participants were more forgiving of others than themselves, b) both types of forgiveness increased over time, c) forgiveness of self increased more rapidly than forgiveness of others, and d) while increases in both types of forgiveness predicted increases in the other type, the effect of forgiveness of others on forgiveness of self was twice as strong as the reverse effect. Implications for facilitating forgiveness in treatment are discussed.

Keywords: alcohol use disorders; forgiveness of others; forgiveness of self; spirituality

Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: None.

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