<p> <p>&nbsp / </p> </p> <p align="left">The aim of this research project was to seek a reinterpretation of the Christian motif of' bearing one's cross'. This motif has been widely criticized by feminist theologians as an instrument that exacerbates the oppression of women, since it encourages self-sacrifice and in this way legitimizes abusive relationships.</p>

The aim of the present study was to investigate the predictor role of type of infidelity, trait positive affect, and coping on forgiveness via marital satisfaction. In addition, present study aimed to examine gender differences in the proposed relationships among study variables. Demographic Information Form, Positive Affect and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS), Transgression-Related Interpersonal Motivations Inventory (TRIM), Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS) and Turkish Ways of Coping Inventory (TWCI) were administered to 122 married individuals. Results indicated that 1) marital satisfaction did not mediate the relationship between types of infidelity and forgiveness / 2) marital satisfaction mediated the relationship between trait positive affect and forgiveness / 3) marital satisfaction did not mediate the relationship between problem focused-coping and forgiveness while marital satisfaction mediated the relationship between emotionfocused coping and forgiveness / 4) gender differences in proposed relationships among study variables were rejected because men and women have similar parameters for the proposed model. After findings were evaluated, limitations were discussed with an emphasis on recommendations for future research, and implications for clinical psychology were mentioned.

The aims of the present study are to examine the traumatic effects of EMI on the offended partners as well as to find out the predictors (coping, resources, and forgiveness) of the severity of PTSD. The participants of the study consisted of 189 married women who had continued their marriage after discovery of partners&rsquo / EMI. EMI was assessed with one item measure with the six-point continuum starting from &ldquo / entirely sexual&rdquo / to &ldquo / entirely emotional&rdquo / involvement. The instruments of the study: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Scale-Self Report (PSS-SR), Ways of Coping Inventory (WCI), The Conservation of Resources Evaluation (COR-E), and Forgiveness Inventory (FI: its reliability and validity study was completed for the present study). Although EMI is a traumatic event that was not consist with the DSM-IV, the results of the present study revealed that 34.4% of participants completed the whole DSM-IV criteria for PTSD. More specifically, the rates of participants who met the criteria were: 50.7% A (stressor), 97.9% B (intrusive recollection), 85.2% C (avoidant/numbing), 91.0% D (hyper-arousal), 93.1% E (duration), 85.7% F (functional significance). In addition, the results of the present study showed: Coping / problem-focused group had lower PTSD than emotion-focused coping groups, Resource / a resource loss group had higher PTSD than resource gain group, and Forgiveness / stage I-impact group showed the highest PTSD whereas the stage III-recovery group showed the lowest PTSD. Furthermore, the final model of regression analyses revealed the predictors of PTSD total symptom severity as emotion-focused coping, resource gain, and stage I-impact, and these variables explained 46 % of the total variance. The results were discussed in accordance with the relevant literature.

Thesis (D. Min.)--Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, 2008. / Abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 277-293).

Thesis (D.W.S.)--Institute for Worship Studies, 2002. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 142-148).

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Darbe analizuojamas atleidimo fenomenas bei atleidimo mokymo efektyvumas, atleidimo mokymo įtaka mokinių moralinių vertybių, socialinių įgūdžių ugdymui, psichologinei savijautai. Darbo objektas – paauglių mokymas atleisti. Tikrinamos trys hipotezės: 1. Tikėtina, kad po mokymo atleisti pagerėja moksleivių psichologinė savijauta: padidėja džiaugsmo, laimės, meilės, sumažėja baimės, liūdesio, pykčio, keršto parametrai. 2. Po pedagoginio eksperimento didėja moksleivių savivertė. 3. Po pedagoginio eksperimento kinta moksleivių vertybės. Darbą sudaro dvi dalys. Pirmoje dalyje chronologine tvarka aprašomas atleidimo reiškinio plitimas nuo užuomazgų religijoje iki įsitvirtinimo edukologijos moksle, supažindinama su užsienio ir lietuvių mokslininkų tyrimais atleidimo tema bei pagrindžiama atleidimo mokymo galimybė ir reikšmė mokinių moraliniam ugdymui, socialiniams gebėjimams, psichologinei savijautai. Antroje dalyje pateikiama Jaunimo mokyklos mokinių anketų ir refleksijų analizė po atleidimo mokymo, prisatoma pedagoginio eksperimento programa ir rezultatai, kurie patvirtino darbe keltas hipotezes. Apklausti 110 respondentų, eksperimentinėje grupėje dalyvavo 51 mokinys, kontrolinėje – 59 mokiniai. Išvadose pažymima, kad atleidimo mokymas yra vienas būdų ugdyti mokinių moralines vertybes, padėti suprasti save ir kitus ir taip pasiruošti tolimesniam doram gyvenimui. / Forgiveness phenomenon, forgiveness education, it‘s influence of students‘ moral values, development of their social skills, psychological condicion have been analyzed in this work. The object of this study is to teach children forgiveness. Three hypotheses have been tested: 1. It is possible that after forgiveness teaching students‘ well-being becomes better: parameters of joy, happiness, love increase and parameters of fear, sadness, anger, revenge decrease. 2. After pedagogical experiment rises students’ self-esteem. 3. After pedagogical experiment students’ values also increases. The work consists of two parts. In the first part forgiveness phenomenon has been described in chronological order from the early beginning in religion and later in educology; research of lithuanian and foreign scientist on this topic have also been introducted and possibility of teaching forgiveness, influence on students’ moral development, social skills, psychological well-being have been proved. In the second part the analysis of students questionnaire and reflection after teaching forgiveness, the program and results of pedagogical experiment have been presented. In conclusion it has been remarked that teaching forgiveness is one the main ways to develop students’ moral values, assist for understanding oneself and others, prepare for the further honest life.

The aim of this study was to investigate the lived experience of forgiveness or unforgiveness in individuals who had been victims of violent crime. 6 participants who had experienced violent crime underwent an in-depth interview (Silverman, 2000) aimed at gathering descriptions of their life world with respect to their experience of forgiveness/unforgiveness. The method used to analyse the transcriptions was Giorgi's (1985) phenomenological method adapted slightly by Wertz (1985 as cited in Giorgi,1985). Findings indicated that the capacity to forgive is associated with the way in which individuals see themselves, others, their world and their perpetrators. Results were discussed with reference to the literature reviewed and an Object Relations Theoretical framework was introduced in order to explain and illuminate some of the findings. The implications and limitations of the study are discussed as well as recommendations for future research. / Thesis (M.Soc.Sc.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2004.