Rumination: Bridging a gap between forgivingness, vengefulness, and psychological health

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• 作者：Renate Ysseldyk ; Kimberly Matheson ; Hymie Anisman
• 关键词：Forgiveness ; Vengeance ; Rumination ; Depression ; Life satisfaction
• 刊名：Personality and Individual Differences
• 出版年：2007
• 出版时间：June 2007
• 年：2007
• 卷：42
• 期：8
• 页码：1573-1584
• 全文大小：150 K

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It was argued in the present investigation that dispositional forgiveness and vengeance would be differentially related to components of rumination, and thus the mediating role of rumination in their relations with psychological health would also vary. Male and female undergraduates (N = 183) completed questionnaires assessing predispositions toward forgiveness, vengefulness, rumination, depressive affect, and life satisfaction. Regression analyses revealed that higher forgiveness and lower vengefulness were associated with greater psychological health (lower depressive affect; higher life satisfaction). Moreover, the relations between forgiveness (but not vengefulness) and psychological health were partially mediated by the decreased propensity of high forgivers to endorse ruminative brooding. These findings suggest that, although forgiveness and vengeance may be related, their impacts on psychological health reflect distinct ruminative tendencies.