The Potential of Forgiveness as a Response for Coping with Negative Peer Experiences

Autor/inn/en	Flanagan, Kelly S.; Vanden Hoek, Kristin K.; Ranter, Jennifer M.; Reich, Holly A.
Titel	The Potential of Forgiveness as a Response for Coping with Negative Peer Experiences
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescence, 35 (2012) 5, S.1215-1223 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0140-1971
DOI	10.1016/j.adolescence.2012.04.004
Schlagwörter	Early Adolescents; Bullying; Anxiety; Coping; Victims; Peer Relationship; Conflict Resolution; Emotional Adjustment; Middle School Students; Measures (Individuals); Anxiety Disorders; Self Esteem; Correlation; Gender Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mobbing; Angst; Bewältigung; Victim; Opfer; Peer-Beziehungen; Conflict solving; Konfliktlösung; Konfliktregelung; Emotionale Anpassung; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Messdaten; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Korrelation; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	Coping strategies employed by adolescents in response to negative peer experiences are related to their adjustment. This study examines the potential of forgiveness as a coping response for negative peer experiences in early adolescence. Participants were 616 6th through 8th grade students at a middle school (46% girls) who completed self-report measures of bullying and victimization experiences, general coping strategies in response to bullying, social anxiety, self-esteem, and a measure of forgiveness to a self-identified experience of being bullied or hurt by a peer. Forgiveness was positively associated with conflict resolution, advice and support seeking strategies, and negatively associated with revenge seeking. Forgiveness was also positively associated with concurrent self-esteem and negatively associated with social anxiety. Further, forgiveness was related to social anxiety and self-esteem after accounting for bullying behavior and victimization experiences, general coping responses, and gender. Developmental considerations of forgiveness and implications for this response are considered. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10