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Marital Quality, Forgiveness, Empathy, and Rumination: A Longitudinal Analysis

F. Giorgia Paleari

Catholic University of Milan, Italy, francesca.paleari{at}unicatt.it

Camillo Regalia

Catholic University of Milan, Italy

Frank Fincham

Florida State University

McCullough, Rachal, et al.’s (1998) social-psychological framework of forgiveness informed a longitudinal study that examined the extent to which marital forgiveness is determined by social-cognitive (the offended spouse’s rumination and emotional empathy) and relationship variables (the quality of the relationship in which the offense took place). In the study, 119 husbands and 124 wives from long- and medium-term marriages in north Italy provided data at two time points separated by a 6-month interval. Structural equation models showed that rumination and empathy independently predicted concurrent marital forgiveness. Forgiveness in turn predicted concurrent marital quality. Finally, reciprocal directions of effect emerged between forgiveness and marital quality over time. These results are discussed in terms of their implications for promoting forgiveness, and future research directions are outlined.

Key Words: forgiveness • marital quality • longitudinal analysis • marriage

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 31, No. 3, 368-378 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0146167204271597
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