Parsing the components of forgiveness: psychological and neural mechanisms

MM Fourie, R Hortensius, J Decety - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2020 - Elsevier
Forgiveness―a shift in motivation away from retaliation and avoidance towards increased
goodwill for the perceived wrongdoer―plays a vital role in restoring social relationships …

Overcoming listener skepticism: Costly signaling in communication increases perceived honesty

SJ Chaudhry, KA Wald - Current Opinion in Psychology, 2022 - Elsevier
When conversing with skeptical listeners, honest speakers face the challenge of proving the
credibility of their message. What can speakers do? We argue that incurring an observable …

Forgiveness takes place on an attitudinal continuum from hostility to friendliness: Toward a closer union of forgiveness theory and measurement.

DE Forster, J Billingsley, VM Russell… - Journal of Personality …, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Researchers commonly conceptualize forgiveness as a rich complex of psychological
changes involving attitudes, emotions, and behaviors. Psychometric work with the measures …

Social and technological factors influencing consumer satisfaction with electric vehicles: An assimilation-contrast effect perspective

X Zhu, Y Ma, J Li, N Li - Research in Transportation Business & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Enhancing consumer satisfaction with electric vehicles, a key driver of sustainable
transportation, is crucial for their widespread adoption. This study analyzes feedback from …

Apology–forgiveness cycle in restorative justice, but how?

M Suzuki, T Jenkins - International Review of Victimology, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The apology–forgiveness cycle is a simple but powerful process for conflict resolution. Given
the prevalence of apology and forgiveness in restorative justice (RJ), the apology …

Do reconciliation events serve as a conciliatory signal?

Y Ohtsubo, T Himichi, K Inamasu… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A set of four vignette studies (total N= 1600) examined whether voluntariness, novelty,
vulnerability and irrevocability of reconciliation events serve as conciliatory signals that …

Beyond punishment: psychological foundations of restorative interventions

K McAuliffe, J Marshall, A McLaughlin - Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2024 - cell.com
Work on the psychology of justice has largely focused on punishment. However, punishment
is not our only strategy for dealing with conflict. Rather, emerging work suggests that people …

[HTML][HTML] Don't tell me you are sorry with a gift: The negative consequences of apology gifts

IE De Hooge, LM Straeter - Journal of retailing and consumer services, 2023 - Elsevier
While products are regularly presented as gifts to apologize, little is known about the effect of
an apology context on product evaluations and relationships. Past research suggests that …

Connectome-based predictive modeling of trait forgiveness

J Li, J Qiu, H Li - Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Forgiveness is a positive, prosocial manner of reacting to transgressions and is strongly
associated with mental health and well-being. Despite recent studies exploring the neural …

Brain structures associated with individual differences in decisional and emotional forgiveness

X Rao, W Wang, S Luo, J Qiu, H Li - Neuropsychologia, 2022 - Elsevier
In responding to interpersonal conflicts, forgiveness goes a long way. Past brain imaging
studies have examined the activation patterns of forgiving responses. However, the …