Table of Contents
1. How You Can Benefit from This Handbook
Everett L. Worthington, Jr. and Nathaniel G. Wade Part I. The Nature of Forgiveness 2. Understanding Forgiveness of Other People: Definitions, Theories, and Processes
Everett L. Worthington, Jr. 3. The Psychology of Self-Forgiveness
Lydia Woodyatt and Michael Wenzel 4. Highlighting the Dark Side of Forgiveness and the Need for a Contextual Approach
James K. McNulty 5. Why Revenge Sometimes Feels So Good
David S. Chester and Alexandra M. Martelli 6. An Evolutionary Perspective on Forgiveness
Joseph Billingsley, Jeni L. Burnette, and Michael E. McCullough 7.
The Stress-and-Coping Model of Forgiveness: Theory, Research, and the Potential of Dyadic Coping
Peter Strelan 8. Measuring Forgiveness and Self-Forgiveness: Descriptions, Psychometric Support, and Recommendations for Research and Practice
Stacey E. McElroy-Heltzel, Don E. Davis, Ana C. Ordaz, Brandon J. Griffin, and Joshua N. Hook Part II. The Psychology of Forgiveness 9. The Development of Forgiving in Children, Adolescents, and Emerging Adults
Rachel C. Garthe and Samantha Guz 10. Personality and Forgiveness: A Meta-Analytic Review
Adam S. Hodge, Laura E. Captari, David K. Mosher, Nilesh Kodali, Joshua N. Hook, Don E. Davis, and Daryl R. Van Tongeren 11. Forgiveness and Religion/Spirituality
Elise Choe, Aaron McLaughlin, Stacey E. McElroy-Heltzel, and Don E. Davis 12. Anger toward God and Divine Forgiveness
Julie J. Exline Part III. Close Relationships and Forgiveness 13. An Interdependence Analysis of Forgiveness, Amends, and Relational Repair in Family and Work Relationships
Jeffrey D. Green, Chelsea A. Reid, Anthony E. Coy, Mattie V. Hedgepeth, and Margaret A. Kneuer 14. Forgiveness in Marriage
Frank D. Fincham 15. Forgiveness and the Dark Side of Intimate Relationships: Infidelity, Intimate Partner Violence, and Divorce
Kristina Coop Gordon, Zahra Amer, Katherine A. Lenger, Meagan J. Brem, Donald H. Baucom, and Douglas K. Snyder Part IV. Forgiveness, Physiology, Health, and Well-Being 16. Forgiveness, Embodiment, and Relational Accountability: Victim and Transgressor Psychophysiology Research
Charlotte vanOyen Witvliet 17. Forgiveness and Physical Health
Loren L. Toussaint, Everett L. Worthington, Jr., David R. Williams, and Jon R. Webb 18. Forgiveness, Well-Being, and Mental Health
Jon R. Webb and Loren L. Toussaint Part V. Forgiveness in Non-Western Cultures 19. Forgiveness and Culture: Conceptual Issues
Steven J. Sandage, Sarah A. Crabtree, and Chance A. Bell 20. Forgiveness in the Arab World and in Central Africa
Etienne Mullet and Félix Neto 21. Forgiveness Research in Africa: The Present Status and Future Prospects
Everett L. Worthington, Jr., Camilla W. Nonterah, Shawn O. Utsey, Brandon J. Griffin, Caroline C. Carneal, Athena H. Cairo, Annabella Osei-Tutu, Richard G. Cowden, Basil J. Pillay, Katherine Kulick Kardio, and Libby S. Germer 22. Forgiving in Asian Cultures: Theory and Empirical Research
Man Yee Ho 23. Theories and Empirical Research on Forgiveness in South America and Latin Europe: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Spain, and Portugal
Júlio Rique, Eloá Losano de Abreu, and John Klatt Part VI. Psychological Interventions to Promote Forgiveness 24.
Psychological Interventions to Promote Forgiveness of Others: Review of Empirical Evidence
Nathaniel G. Wade and Meredith V. Tittler 25. A Review of the Empirical Research Using Enright’s Process Model of Interpersonal Forgiveness
Suzanne Freedman and Robert D. Enright 26. An Update of the REACH Forgiveness Model: Psychoeducation in Groups, Do-It-Yourself Formats, Couple Enrichment, Religious Congregations, and as an Adjunct to Psychotherapy
Everett L. Worthington, Jr. 27. Promotion of Self-Forgiveness
Marilyn A. Cornish, Brandon J. Griffin, and Graham W. Morris Part VII. Societal Issues Involving Forgiveness 28. Intergroup Forgiveness
Daryl R. Van Tongeren and Reece Lindemann 29. Forgiveness in Organizations
Ryan Fehr and Michelle J. Gelfand 30. Forgiveness, Reconciliation, and Peace between Groups
Michael Wenzel Part VIII. Drawing the Threads Together (or Integrating a Diverse Body of Work) 31. Bibliography of Narrative Reviews and Meta-Analyses on Forgiveness (2004–2018)
Brandon J. Griffin, Richard G. Cowden, and Lee Shawkey 32. A New Perspective on Forgiveness Research
Everett L. Worthington, Jr. and Nathaniel G. Wade