Publication details
Duševní a tělesné zdraví u odpouštějících a neodpouštějících osob
| Title in English | Mental and physical health of forgiving and unforgiving persons |
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| Year of publication | 2015 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | The study is focused on the topic of forgiveness in the context of mental and physical health. The aim is to map the differences within mental and physical health for a forgiving and unforgiving persons. We also focus on the differences between the two types of forgiveness: self and others, and their relation to positive mental health, quality of interpersonal relationships, and trait of depresivity and anxiety. The research sample consists of 331 respondents from the Czech population aged 16-69 years. In this work, we use the following research tools: Heartland Forgiveness Scale (Thompson, Snyder, Hoffman, 2005), Mental Health Continuum Scale - Short Form (Keyes, 2002), State Trait Anxiety Inventory (Spielberger, 1983), State Trait Depression Inventory (Spielberger 2003), Psychological Well-being Scales - Positive Relations With Others (Ryff, 1989). Results show that dispositional forgiveness is significantly associated with all examined variables. It is demonstrated positive moderately tight relation between forgiveness and positive mental health and quality of interpersonal relationship. Is found to be negative strong relation Among the dispositional forgiveness and trait anxiety. Among the dispositional forgiveness and trait depresivity is proved negative relation, but moderately tight. The results reveal closer relation between the forgiveness of self and the researched variables than between forgiveness of others and these variables. Differences are shown in the dispositional forgiveness among people who assess their physical health as very healthy and between people, who describe themselves as rather healthy, with less serious and more serious health problems. Results of the study enrich the knowledge base of health psychology and positive psychology and provide a useful overlap in practice. |