On the relationship between justice and forgiveness: Are all forms of justice made equal?

作     者：Wenzel, Michael Okimoto, Tyler G. 

作者机构：Flinders Univ S Australia Adelaide SA 5001 Australia Univ Queensland Brisbane Qld Australia 

出 版 物：《BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY》 (Br. J. Soc. Psychol.)

年 卷 期：2014年第53卷第3期

页      面：463-483页

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学科分类：0402[教育学-心理学(可授教育学、理学学位）] 04[教育学] 

基　　金：Australian Research Council [DP0877309] Australian Research Council [DP0877309] Funding Source: Australian Research Council 

主　　题：HYPOTHESIS CHI-squared test COLLEGE students CONFIDENCE intervals CORRELATION (Statistics) FORGIVENESS QUESTIONNAIRES FINANCING of research SAMPLING (Statistics) SELF-evaluation SOCIAL justice MULTIPLE regression analysis RANDOMIZED controlled trials DATA analysis software MEDICAL coding DESCRIPTIVE statistics 

摘      要：This research investigates whether, following a wrongdoing, the restoration of justice promotes forgiveness. Three studies - one correlational recall study and two experimental scenario studies - provide evidence that while a restored sense of justice is overall positively related to forgiveness, forgiveness is highly dependent on the means of justice restoration being retributive (punitive) versus restorative (consensus-seeking) in nature. The findings showed that, overall, restorative but not retributive responses led to greater forgiveness. Although both retributive and restorative responses appeared to increase forgiveness indirectly through increased feelings of justice, for retributive responses these effects were counteracted by direct effects on forgiveness. Moreover, the experimental evidence showed that, while feelings of justice derived from restorative responses were positively related to forgiveness, feelings of justice derived from retributive responses were not.