Reasons to forgive. Lay persons conceptions or implicit theories

• Main Author: María Martina Casullo
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad de Palermo 2015-09-01
• Series: Psicodebate
• Subjects: perdonar; Razones; Teorías implícitas
• Online Access: https://dspace.palermo.edu/ojs/index.php/psicodebate/article/view/424
• ISSN: 1515-2251; 2451-6600

<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>Data gathered on adolescents and adults from general population, living in Buenos Aires City and its suburban area, as well as on prison inmates and theology students (N: 1715) are presented. Participants answered an open question: Is important for you to be able to forgive? Yes. No. Why? Subjects mostly admit that to forgive is important for them. For theology students forgiveness is a central theme of Christian thinking. A religious dimension is also present among prison inmates who are the only group that relates to forgive with loving someone. For younger people forgiveness allows to have </span>a second chance after making something wrong and facilitates feelings of inner peace. Men show a tendency to forgive in order to forget and being able to go on living as well as to achieve better social relationships; for women, it is necessary to forgive in order to be forgiven and forgiving is a characteristic related to intelligence. </p></div></div></div>