Forgive Them, Forgive Them Not: The Role of Remorse and Empathy in Interpersonal Forgiveness
Document Type
Poster
Campus where you would like to present
Ellensburg
Event Website
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source
Start Date
18-5-2020
Abstract
In this study, the independent variables of empathy and remorse were presented to participants through four hypothetical transgression scenarios using an online survey. A convenience sample of 422 participants from psychology course at a North-western university were randomly assigned to one of four conditions (1-Remorse and Empathy, 2-Remorse and No Empathy, 3-No Remorse and Empathy, and 4-No Remorse and No Empathy). Participants were prompted to select an individual from their own life to use as a basis for a hypothetical scenario which depicted a betrayal of trusted information that leads to humiliation as the information is spread beyond the trustee. Participants were then presented with a scenario outcome (ending) describing both the victim (the participant) and the transgressor’s reactions to the situation, corresponding to the participants’ assigned condition.
Recommended Citation
Mortensen, Molly, "Forgive Them, Forgive Them Not: The Role of Remorse and Empathy in Interpersonal Forgiveness" (2020). Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 113.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2020/COTS/113
Department/Program
Psychology
Additional Mentoring Department
https://cwu.studentopportunitycenter.com/2020/04/forgive-them-forgive-them-not-the-role-of-remorse-and-empathy-in-interpersonal-forgiveness/
Forgive Them, Forgive Them Not: The Role of Remorse and Empathy in Interpersonal Forgiveness
Ellensburg
In this study, the independent variables of empathy and remorse were presented to participants through four hypothetical transgression scenarios using an online survey. A convenience sample of 422 participants from psychology course at a North-western university were randomly assigned to one of four conditions (1-Remorse and Empathy, 2-Remorse and No Empathy, 3-No Remorse and Empathy, and 4-No Remorse and No Empathy). Participants were prompted to select an individual from their own life to use as a basis for a hypothetical scenario which depicted a betrayal of trusted information that leads to humiliation as the information is spread beyond the trustee. Participants were then presented with a scenario outcome (ending) describing both the victim (the participant) and the transgressor’s reactions to the situation, corresponding to the participants’ assigned condition.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2020/COTS/113
Faculty Mentor(s)
Mary Radeke, Tonya Buchanan, Meaghan Nolte