Collectivism, Forgiveness, and Social Harmony

Autor/inn/en	Hook, Joshua N.; Worthington, Everett L., Jr.; Utsey, Shawn O.
Titel	Collectivism, Forgiveness, and Social Harmony
Quelle	In: Counseling Psychologist, 37 (2009) 6, S.821-847 (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0011-0000
DOI	10.1177/0011000008326546
Schlagwörter	Altruism; Models; Counseling Psychology; World Views; Group Behavior; Conflict; Cultural Awareness; Cultural Context; Intercultural Communication; Psychologists; Individualism; Group Unity; Prosocial Behavior; Emotional Adjustment; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Altruistic behavior; Altruismus; Analogiemodell; Counselling psychology; Beratungspsychologie; World view; Weltanschauung; Gruppenverhalten; Konflikt; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Psychologist; Psychologe; Psychologin; Individualismus; Gruppenidentität; Emotionale Anpassung; USA
Abstract	Existing models of forgiveness and the strategies to promote forgiveness that draw from them are predominantly individualistic. As the United States becomes more diverse and counseling psychology becomes a more global field, counseling psychologists are increasingly likely to encounter clients who have a collectivistic worldview. The authors propose a theoretical model that clarifies the relationship between collectivism and forgiveness. The importance of maintaining social harmony in collectivistic cultures is central to this relationship. The model has two propositions. First, collectivistic forgiveness occurs within the broad context of social harmony, reconciliation, and relational repair. Second, collectivistic forgiveness is understood as primarily a decision to forgive but is motivated largely to promote and maintain group harmony rather than inner peace (as is more often the case in individualistically motivated forgiveness). Finally, the authors suggest a research agenda to study collectivistic forgiveness and provide guidelines for addressing forgiveness with collectivistic clients. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10