Forgiveness as a mediator of the relationship between PTSD and hostility in survivors of childhood abuse

It was hypothesised that forgiveness mediates the relationship between PTSD and hostility within a population of adult childhood abuse survivors. Of the three components of forgiveness-self, other, and situation-self and situation forgiveness were posited as potent mediators of the PTSD and hostilit...

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Published in:Cognition and emotion 2005-03, Vol.19 (3), p.413-431
Main Authors: Snyder, C. R., Heinze, Laura S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Anxiety disorders. Neuroses
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Childhood sexual abuse
Forgiveness
Hostility
Mediators
Medical sciences
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Posttraumatic stress disorder
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Victimology
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Summary:It was hypothesised that forgiveness mediates the relationship between PTSD and hostility within a population of adult childhood abuse survivors. Of the three components of forgiveness-self, other, and situation-self and situation forgiveness were posited as potent mediators of the PTSD and hostility relationship. No differences in the mediational role of forgiveness in sexual versus physical abuse and female versus male abuse survivors were hypothesised. As posited, overall forgiveness mediated the PTSD-hostility relationship and the forgiveness of self and situation were strong mediators. The theoretical and applied implications of these findings are discussed.
ISSN:0269-9931
1464-0600
DOI:10.1080/02699930441000175