Variables related to graduate students' willingness to forgive a job-related transgression

Psychol Rep. 2003 Dec;93(3 Pt 1):955-60. doi: 10.2466/pr0.2003.93.3.955.

Abstract

43 graduate students' willingness, within a hypothetical situation, to forgive a friend whose negligent actions negatively affected their chances of getting a job was examined. Self-actualization, age, and general interpersonal closeness were proposed as possible variables related to these students' ratings of willingness to forgive while controlling for sex. A hierarchical multiple regression analysis showed this model predicted 23% of the variability in Forgiveness scores using self-actualization and age as significantly related to forgiveness in a positive direction, but with sex and general interpersonal closeness showing no significant relation.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Choice Behavior*
  • Education, Graduate*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Interpersonal Relations*
  • Male
  • Social Perception*
  • Students / psychology*
  • Workplace / psychology*