Women's Reflections on the Complexities of Forgiveness

Front cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
About the Editors......Page 10
Contributors......Page 12
Acknowledgments......Page 16
WOMEN\'S REFLECTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITIES OF FORGIVENESS......Page 20
CHAPTER 1. SUBJECTIVE EXPERIENCES OF FORGIVENESS IN A COMMUNITY SAMPLE: Implications for Understanding Forgiveness and Its Consequences*......Page 30
CHAPTER 2. MEASURING FORGIVENESS......Page 50
CHAPTER 3. JUST-WORLD BELIEFS AND FORGIVENESS IN MEN AND WOMEN......Page 68
CHAPTER 4. SELF-FORGIVENESS: An Empowering and Therapeutic Tool for Working With Women in Recovery......Page 90
CHAPTER 5. FORGIVENESS AND HEALTH IN WOMEN......Page 104
CHAPTER 6. FORGIVENESS EDUCATION WITH AT-RISK ADOLESCENTS: A Case Study Analysis......Page 122
CHAPTER 7. FORGIVENESS AS AN OUTCOME IN EMOTION-FOCUSED TRAUMA THERAPY......Page 150
CHAPTER 8. FORGIVENESS AND COPING......Page 172
CHAPTER 9. POTENTIAL DANGERS OF EMPATHY AND RELATED CONUNDRUMS......Page 194
CHAPTER 10. REFLECTIONS OF A STUDY ON FORGIVENESS IN RECOVERY FROM/RESILENCE TO THE TRAUMA OF WAR......Page 216
CHAPTER 11. RESTORATION OF A MORAL UNIVERSE: Children\'s Perspectives on Forgiveness and Justice......Page 244
CHAPTER 12. DOES A HUMBLE ATTITUDE PROMOTE FORGIVENESS?: Challenges, Caveats, and Sex Differences......Page 264
CHAPTER 13. REPENTANCE IN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS......Page 282
CHAPTER 14. THE TIMELINESS OF FORGIVENESS INTERVENTIONS......Page 304
Index......Page 322
Back cover......Page 336