Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Click here to sign up for SAGE Journal Email Alerts today!

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Right arrow Citing Articles via Scopus
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by McCullough, M. E.
Right arrow Articles by Johnson, J. L.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by McCullough, M. E.
Right arrow Articles by Johnson, J. L.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati   Add to Twitter  
What's this?

Vengefulness: Relationships with Forgiveness, Rumination, Well-Being, and the Big Five

Michael E. McCullough

Southern Methodist University, mikem{at}mail.smu.edu

C. Garth Bellah

Louisiana Tech University

Shelley Dean Kilpatrick

National Institute for Healthcare Research

Judith L. Johnson

Christopher Newport University

Because forgiveness theory has tended to neglect the role of dispositional factors, the authors present novel theorizing about the nature of vengefulness (the disposition to seek revenge following interpersonal offenses) and its relationship to forgiveness and other variables. In Study 1, vengefulness was correlated cross-sectionally with (a) less forgiving, (b) greater rumination about the offense, (c) higher negative affectivity, and (d) lower life satisfaction. Vengefulness at baseline was negatively related to change in forgiving throughout an 8-week follow-up. In Study 2, vengefulness was negatively associated with Agreeableness and positively associated with Neuroticism. Measures of the Big Five personality factors explained 30% of the variance in vengefulness.

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 27, No. 5, 601-610 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/0146167201275008
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati   Add to Twitter Twitter    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 The Counseling PsychologistHome page
J. N. Hook, E. L. Worthington Jr, and S. O. Utsey
Collectivism, Forgiveness, and Social Harmony
The Counseling Psychologist, August 1, 2009; 37(6): 821 - 847.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Pers Soc Psychol BullHome page
G. Bono, M. E. McCullough, and L. M. Root
Forgiveness, Feeling Connected to Others, and Well-Being: Two Longitudinal Studies
Pers Soc Psychol Bull, February 1, 2008; 34(2): 182 - 195.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Conflict Management and Peace ScienceHome page
R. A. Ahmed, F. Azar, and E. Mullet
Interpersonal Forgiveness among Kuwaiti Adolescents and Adults
Conflict Management and Peace Science, July 1, 2007; 24(3): 159 - 170.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Pers Soc Psychol BullHome page
M. J. A. Wohl and A. L. McGrath
The Perception of Time Heals All Wounds: Temporal Distance Affects Willingness to Forgive Following an Interpersonal Transgression
Pers Soc Psychol Bull, July 1, 2007; 33(7): 1023 - 1035.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Journal of Social and Personal RelationshipsHome page
S. Yoshimura
Goals and emotional outcomes of revenge activities in interpersonal relationships
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, February 1, 2007; 24(1): 87 - 98.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Group Processes Intergroup RelationsHome page
T. Tam, M. Hewstone, E. Cairns, N. Tausch, G. Maio, and J. Kenworthy
The Impact of Intergroup Emotions on Forgiveness in Northern Ireland
Group Processes Intergroup Relations, January 1, 2007; 10(1): 119 - 136.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Pers Soc Psychol RevHome page
M. R. Leary, J. M. Twenge, and E. Quinlivan
Interpersonal Rejection as a Determinant of Anger and Aggression
Personality and Social Psychology Review, May 1, 2006; 10(2): 111 - 132.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 J Interpers ViolenceHome page
U. Orth, L. Montada, and A. Maercker
Feelings of Revenge, Retaliation Motive, and Posttraumatic Stress Reactions in Crime Victims
J Interpers Violence, February 1, 2006; 21(2): 229 - 243.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Journal of Peace ResearchHome page
J. M. Gray and M. A. Wilson
Understanding the 'War on Terrorism': Responses to 11 September 2001
Journal of Peace Research, January 1, 2006; 43(1): 23 - 36.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Pers Soc Psychol BullHome page
F. G. Paleari, C. Regalia, and F. Fincham
Marital Quality, Forgiveness, Empathy, and Rumination: A Longitudinal Analysis
Pers Soc Psychol Bull, March 1, 2005; 31(3): 368 - 378.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Pers Soc Psychol BullHome page
R. P. Brown
Measuring Individual Differences in the Tendency to Forgive: Construct Validity and Links with Depression
Pers Soc Psychol Bull, June 1, 2003; 29(6): 759 - 771.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Pers Soc Psychol RevHome page
N. Miller, W. C. Pedersen, M. Earleywine, and V. E. Pollock
A Theoretical Model of Triggered Displaced Aggression
Personality and Social Psychology Review, February 1, 2003; 7(1): 75 - 97.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Pers Soc Psychol BullHome page
M. E. McCullough and W. T. Hoyt
Transgression-Related Motivational Dispositions: Personality Substrates of Forgiveness and their Links to the Big Five
Pers Soc Psychol Bull, November 1, 2002; 28(11): 1556 - 1573.
[Abstract] [PDF]