ICPS
2023 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2023
Not All Unforgiveness Motives Lead to Negative Well-Being in Mexico and the U.S.
- Vanessa Castillo
Coe College - Susan Cross
Iowa State University - Cristina Salvador
Duke University
Abstract
Members of an honor (Mexico) and dignity (U.S.) culture recalled an experience where they did not forgive their offender. People who did not forgive because of unreadiness reasons had worse well-being, but all other reasons were unrelated to well-being except for moral concern, which was positively related to life satisfaction.
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