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METHOD
Participants : Participants were 100 adults.
Procedure:
Participants were given to read brief description of the study. If a participant chose to participate, (a) the researcher explained that he/she would have to complete a brief questionnaire about the most recent occassion in their life when somone hurt or offended him/her (b) Completion of the Transgression-Related Interpersonal Motivations (TRIM) Inventory (McCullough et al., 1998), (c) completion of a final questionnaire about Psychological Well-Being (PWB) Scale (Ryff, 1995). Afterward, partcipants were thanked for participating. Measures: Transgression-Related Interpersonal Motivations (TRIM) Inventory
In the present study we used the TRIM-18 Inventory (McCullough, 1998). The TRIM is self-report instrument that assesses the motivations assumed to underlie forgiving: The seven item avoidance subscale measures motivation to avoid a transgressor, the five item revenge subscale measress motivation to seek revenge, and a six item suoscale for measuring benevolence motivation. Items are rated on 5-point Likert type scale(I=strongley disagree to 5=strongly agree). Psychological Well-Being Scale (PWB) Ryff, 1995
Carol Ryff conceptualized psychological well-being as consisting of 6 dimensions-autonomy, environmental mastery, personal growth, positive relations with others, purpose in life and self-acceptance. 42 Items are rated on a 6 point likert scale. Higher scores on each sub-scale indicate greater wellbeing on that dimension.
RESULTS Descriptive Statistics Means, standard deviations, and C.R. test appear in Table-1
Table 1 Mean Differences on the Measures of Psychological Well-Being between Forgivers Dimensions of Psychological Low Forgiveness High Forgiveness C.R. well-Being
M SD M
SD 1. Autonomy
75.83 6.28 102.73 8.03 18-68** 2. Environmental Mastery 105.71 6.41 119.92 8.12 9.72** 3. personal Growth
117.18 5.17 123.26 7.03 4.93** 4. Positive Relations with others 125.79 6.25 162.30 9.45 22.79 ** 5. Purpose in Life
115.24 6.23 148.61 7.54 23.99** 6. Self Acceptance 81.20 5.26 90.54 6.35
8.00** Arhat Vacana, 24 (1), 2012
