ArticleJournal of personality2026
Forgivingness Across Social Relationships and Family Generations Over Time.
Article in Journal of personality, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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introductionThis study addressed individual differences in forgivingness, or the tendency to forgive others, across multiple social relationships and family generations over time.
methodsWe used longitudinal data over 4 years across three family generations, including young adults (n = 501; M = 20.4 years), their parents (n = 350; M = 50.9 years), and grandparents (n = 199; M = 76.1 years). Participants were asked to respond on their willingness to forgive the other two generations, as well as their romantic partner and friends. Multilevel modeling was employed to examine how forgivingness differed within persons, family, and generations, as well as over time.
resultsIndividual differences in forgivingness were explained by the respondent (62.4%), the social relationship (24.7%), the family (9.6%), and the generation (3.3%). Forgivingness differed depending on the social relationship, with a greater willingness to forgive grandparents and grandchildren. Forgivingness also differed by generation, with the middle and older generations being more forgiving than young adults. Finally, the overall forgivingness increased over time.
conclusionThe current findings emphasize the importance of contextualizing forgivingness across social relationships and family generations.
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