ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2023
Forgive, Let Go, and Stay Well! The Relationship between Forgiveness and Physical and Mental Health in Women and Men: The Mediating Role of Self-Consciousness.
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- Effect of Positive Mental Health on Elderly Patients with Chronic Diseases: The Chain-Mediated Effects of Gratitude and Forgiveness Tendencies at a Tertiary Hospital in Guangzhou.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Predictive Model of the Relationship between Positive and Negative Affect, Self-Consciousness of Appearance, and Positive Body Image in Physical Exercise Practice.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Traumatised youth harbour feelings of revenge: investigating the association between PTSD symptomatology, vengeance, and willingness to forgive among the Congolese adolescent refugees in Uganda.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe current study assessed forgiveness (positive forgiveness and reduced unforgiveness), self-consciousness (rumination and reflection), and physical and mental health. The aim of the study was to check if self-consciousness mediates the relationship between dispositional forgiveness and health.
methodsTo address this link, we conducted 2 studies (
resultsThe results indicated that rumination was an effective mediator between positive forgiveness and mental health (B = 0.14, CI
conclusionThe mediating role of ruminations was more frequently observed in females. The study highlighted the indirect effect between forgiveness and health. Rumination and reflection are mediators between forgiveness and health.
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