Effects of a Forgiveness Intervention for Older Adults

Autor/inn/en	Allemand, Mathias; Steiner, Marianne; Hill, Patrick L.
Titel	Effects of a Forgiveness Intervention for Older Adults
Quelle	In: Journal of Counseling Psychology, 60 (2013) 2, S.279-286 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0167
DOI	10.1037/a0031839
Schlagwörter	Intervention; Depression (Psychology); Older Adults; Psychological Patterns; Psychoeducational Methods; Control Groups; Schemata (Cognition); Affective Behavior; Outcomes of Treatment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Älterer Erwachsener; Cognition; Schema; Kognition; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung
Abstract	The authors' aim in the present study was to examine the effects of a brief forgiveness intervention for older adults. The psychoeducational group intervention consists of (a) established core components of previous forgiveness interventions and (b) additional components considering specific needs of older adults. Seventy-eight older adults (mean age 70.1 years) were randomized to a treatment condition or a waiting-list control condition. The intervention reduced the levels of perceived actual transgression painfulness, transgression-related emotions and cognitions, and negative affect. These findings suggest the promise of forgiveness interventions for older adults that help participants clarify and deal with past, present, and future interpersonal transgressions. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10