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Physical Health Status in Relation to Self-Forgiveness and Other-Forgiveness in Healthy College Students

Tobi Wilson

University of Windsor, Canada, wilso2c{at}uwindsor.ca

Aleks Milosevic

University of Windsor, Canada

Michelle Carroll

McMaster University, Canada

Kenneth Hart

University of Windsor, Canada

Stephen Hibbard

University of Windsor, Canada

We extended prior research on the medical health-correlates of forgiving others by examining the relationship between self-forgiveness, other-forgiveness and health. Results derived from a cross-sectional survey of 266 healthy undergraduates showed that these dimensions of forgiveness were positively related to perceived physical health. Regression analysis revealed that self-forgiveness uniquely predicted a significant amount of variance in perceived physical health, and predicted more variance than did other-forgiveness. These results are discussed in light of the limitations of the current study and directions for future research.

Key Words: emotions • forgiveness • health • physical • self-forgiveness

Journal of Health Psychology, Vol. 13, No. 6, 798-803 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1359105308093863
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