Date of Award
1-1-2011
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Organizational Unit
College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences
First Advisor
Mary Claire Morr Serewicz, Ph.D.
Second Advisor
Fran Dickson
Third Advisor
Roy Wood
Fourth Advisor
Kathy Green
Keywords
Commitment, Empathy, Forgiveness, Friends, Relational satisfaction, Trust
Abstract
This research project examined how forgiveness was managed by adult friends after relational transgressions. It studied how the emotion of empathy promoted the act of forgiving and why the construct of commitment related to trust and relational satisfaction among friendship dyads. Isolating the specific emotion empathy in regards to forgiveness heightened the understanding of what emotional behaviors were used to maintain friendships once a relational transgression was experienced. Measuring and analyzing the interaction between commitment, trust, and relational satisfaction helped to determine how these constructs promoted forgiveness among adult friends.
Publication Statement
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Rights Holder
L. L. Poole
Provenance
Received from ProQuest
File Format
application/pdf
Language
en
File Size
131 p.
Recommended Citation
Poole, L. Lori, "A Research Study Examining Forgiveness, Empathy, Commitment, Trust, and Relational Satisfaction Among Adult Friends After Relational Transgressions" (2011). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 520.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd/520
Copyright date
2011
Discipline
Communication
Included in
Applied Behavior Analysis Commons, Experimental Analysis of Behavior Commons, Interpersonal and Small Group Communication Commons