Efficacy of Reach Forgiveness Across Cultures
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OBJECTIVE: This study investigates the efficacy of the 6-hour REACH Forgiveness intervention among culturally diverse undergraduates. METHOD: Female undergraduates (N = 102) and foreign extraction (46.2%) and domestic (43.8%) students in the United States were randomly assigned to immediate treatment or waitlist conditions. Treatment efficacy and the effect of culture on treatment response were assessed using measures of emotional and decisional forgiveness across 3 time periods. RESULTS: Students in the treatment condition reported greater improvement in emotional forgiveness, but not decisional forgiveness, relative to those in the waitlist condition. Gains were maintained at a 1-week follow-up. Although culture did not moderate the effect of treatment, a main effect of culture on emotional forgiveness and marginally significant interaction effect of culture on decisional forgiveness were found. CONCLUSION: The REACH Forgiveness intervention was efficacious for college students from different cultural backgrounds when conducted in the United States. However, some evidence may warrant development of culturally adapted forgiveness interventions.
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- Authors
- Lin, Y., Worthington, E. L., Griffin, B. J., Greer, C. L., Opare-Henaku, A., Lavelock, C. R., Hook, J. N., Ho, M. Y., & Muller, H.
- Affiliations
- Virginia Commonwealth University (US)
- Virginia Commonwealth University
- University of North Texas (US)
- Education University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Palo Alto University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Worthington, Everett L.
- Venue
- Journal of Clinical Psychology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2014-02-03
- Volume
- 70
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 781-793
- ISSN
- 0021-9762 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2135782854
- Cited by
- 34
- References
- 49
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 6 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 5.42
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Clinical Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- VCU Scholars Compass (Virginia Commonwealth University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Fetzer Institute
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Forgiveness and Related Behaviors
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Keywords
- forgiveness, emotional forgiveness, university students, international students, cultural background, culturally tailored interventions, waitlist control
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Adult, Culture, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Mid-Atlantic Region, Universities, Young Adult, Forgiveness
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