Careful What You Say: The Moderating Role of Apology on the Relation between the Dark Triad and Unforgiveness

This research examined the Dark Triad, which promotes victims’ motivation toward revenge and avoidance, but not forgiveness, following transgressions. It shows that transgressors’ apology can, counterintuitively, exacerbate unforgiveness, rather than forgiveness, in victims who exhibit characteristics associated with the Dark Triad. The mediational role of victims’ indignation was not supported.