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.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12615525/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 January 2013 |
| Creators | Duman Temel, Emine |
| Contributors | Fisiloglu, Hurol |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for METU campus |
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