Handbook of Forgiveness

Contents
Author Biographies
1 How You Can Benefit from This Handbook • Everett L. Worthington, Jr. and Nathaniel G. Wade
Part I: The Nature of Forgiveness
	2 Understanding Forgiveness of Other People: Definitions, Theories, and Processes • Everett L. Worthington, Jr.
	3 The Psychology of Self-Forgiveness • Lydia Woodyatt and Michael Wenzel
	4 Highlighting the Dark Side of Forgiveness and the Need for a Contextual Approach • James K. McNulty
	5 Why Revenge Sometimes Feels So Good • David S. Chester and Alexandra M. Martelli
	6 An Evolutionary Perspective on Forgiveness • Joseph Billingsley, Jeni L. Burnette, and Michael E. McCullough
	7 The Stress-and-Coping Model of Forgiveness: Theory, Research, and the Potential of Dyadic Coping • Peter Strelan
	8 Measuring Forgiveness and Self-Forgiveness: Descriptions, Psychometric Support, and Recommendations for Research and Practice • Stacey E. McElroy-Heltzel, Don E. Davis, Ana C. Ordaz, Brandon J. Griffin, and Joshua N. Hook
Part II: The Psychology of Forgiveness
	9 The Development of Forgiving in Children, Adolescents, and Emerging Adults • Rachel C. Garthe and Samantha Guz
	10 Personality and Forgiveness: A Meta-Analytic Review • Adam S. Hodge, Laura E. Captari, David K. Mosher, Nilesh Kodali, Joshua N. Hook, Don E. Davis, and Daryl R. Van Tongeren
	11 Forgiveness and Religion/Spirituality • Elise Choe, Aaron McLaughlin, Stacey E. McElroy-Heltzel, and Don E. Davis
	12 Anger toward God and Divine Forgiveness • Julie J. Exline
Part III: Close Relationships and Forgiveness
	13 An Interdependence Analysis of Forgiveness, Amends, and Relational Repair in Family and Work Relationships • Jeffrey D. Green, Chelsea A. Reid, Anthony E. Coy, Mattie V. Hedgebeth, and Margaret A. Kneuer
	14 Forgiveness in Marriage • Frank D. Fincham
	15 Forgiveness and the Dark Side of Intimate Relationships: Infidelity, Intimate Partner Violence, and Divorce • Kristina Coop Gordon, Zahra Amer, Katherine A. Lenger, Meagan J. Brem, Donald H. Baucom, and Douglas K. Snyder
Part IV: Forgiveness, Physiology, Health, and Well-Being
	16 Forgiveness, Embodiment, and Relational Accountability: Victim and Transgressor Psychophysiology Research • Charlotte vanOyen Witvliet
	17 Forgiveness and Physical Health • Loren L. Toussaint, Everett L. Worthington, Jr., David R. Williams, and Jon R. Webb
	18 Forgiveness, Well-Being, and Mental Health • Jon R. Webb and Loren L. Toussaint
Part V: Forgiveness in Non-Western Cultures
	19 Forgiveness and Culture: Conceptual Issues • Steven J. Sandage, Sarah A. Crabtree, and Chance A. Bell
	20 Forgiveness in the Arab World and in Central Africa • Etienne Mullet and Félix Neto
	21 Forgiveness Research in Africa: The Present Status and Future Prospects • Everett L. Worthington, Jr., Camilla W. Nonterah, Shawn O. Utsey, Brandon J. Griffin, Caroline C. Carneal, Athena H. Cairo, Annabella Osei-Tutu, Richard G. Cowden, Basil J. Pillay, Katherine Kulick Kardio, and Libby S. Germer
	22 Forgiving in East Asian Cultures: Theory and Empirical Research • Man Yee Ho
	23 Theories and Empirical Research on Forgiveness in South America and Latin Europe: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Spain, and Portugal • Júlio Rique, Eloá Losano de Abreu, and John Klatt
Part VI: Psychological Interventions to Promote Forgiveness
	24 Psychological Interventions to Promote Forgiveness of Others: Review of Empirical Evidence • Nathaniel G. Wade and Meredith V. Tittler
	25 A Review of the Empirical Research Using Enright’s Process Model of Interpersonal Forgiveness • Suzanne Freedman and Robert D. Enright
	26 An Update of the REACH Forgiveness Model: Psychoeducation in Groups, Do-It-Yourself Formats, Couple Enrichment, Religious Congregations, and as an Adjunct to Psychotherapy • Everett L. Worthington, Jr.
	27 Promotion of Self-Forgiveness • Marilyn A. Cornish, Brandon J. Griffin, and Graham W. Morris
Part VII: Societal Issues Involving Forgiveness
	28 Intergroup Forgiveness • Daryl R. Van Tongeren and Reece Lindemann
	29 Forgiveness in Organizations • Ryan Fehr and Michele J. Gelfand
	30 Forgiveness, Reconciliation, and Peace between Groups • Michael Wenzel
Part VIII: Drawing the Threads Together (or Integrating a Diverse Body of Work)
	31 Bibliography of Narrative Reviews and Meta-Analyses on Forgiveness (2004–2018) • Brandon J. Griffin, Richard G. Cowden, and Lee Shawkey
	32 A New Perspective on Forgiveness Research • Everett L. Worthington, Jr. and Nathaniel G. Wade
Index