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The interpersonal relationships an individual establishes and maintains in his or her life offer ... more The interpersonal relationships an individual establishes and maintains in his or her life offer quality and meaning in one's life. The relationships with parents, spouses, children, extended family and friends provide for a valuable social network. This is particularly true as these relationships work at a basic level in people's lives. These interpersonal relationships begin with mutual attraction, develop with respect and trust and are sustained by the belief that each person will act in the other's best interest (Flanigan, 1992).Despite the best intentions of those involved in a given relationship, mistakes may be made, considerations of the other person(s) may be abandoned and the other's best interest may be put aside. Interpersonal conflicts are a normal feature of human life, which must be dealt with across the entire lifespan. Conflicts may range from simple divergence in preferences to deep hurts and severe transgressions. Such transgressions are accompanie...
Frontiers in Psychology, Apr 16, 2020
The present study investigated the efficacy of the REACH Forgiveness psychoeducation program for ... more The present study investigated the efficacy of the REACH Forgiveness psychoeducation program for the first time in Indian college students and examined theoreticallybased predictors of program response based on the model of relational spirituality and forgiveness. This was an intervention experiment that spanned 5 weeks and included three measurement occasions (weeks 1, 3, 5) and two separate deliveries of the forgiveness intervention (weeks 2 and 4). Participants were N = 124 students at Karnatak University in Darwha, India (100 Hindu; 18 Muslim, 5 Christian, and 1 Jain). This was a manualized, secular intervention led by a trained facilitator in a group, psychoeducational format. Measures included forgiveness and unforgiveness as well as assessments of positive and negative affective states and spirituality. Participants who received immediate forgiveness training showed significant and large positive changes in forgiveness and unforgiveness, as well as, more positive affect and increased selfesteem in contrast to wait-list comparisons. Perceiving one's offender as having a similar spirituality to oneself was a consistent predictor of response to the REACH Forgiveness program. Specifically, perceiving the offender as having a similar spirituality was related to less growth of unforgiveness and more growth in empathy, positive affect, and emotional forgiveness as a result of the psychoeducational program. The REACH Forgiveness psychoeducational approach is efficacious in an Indian college student sample, and some relational spirituality variables are important predictors of response to the program. Future studies should consider the role of Indian culture in promoting forgiveness and possibly tailor the intervention to suit the significant proportions of Hindus and Muslims in India.
ABSTRACT In a sample of Indian university students, the Attitude towards Hinduism Scale correlate... more ABSTRACT In a sample of Indian university students, the Attitude towards Hinduism Scale correlated positively with the Intrinsic and Extrinsic Personal Religious Orientations, exhibited an inverse relationship with depression, and predicted greater self-esteem and religious collective self-esteem. Extrinsic Social and Quest Orientations displayed no linkages with Hindu religious commitments and predicted psychological maladjustment. Attitude towards Hinduism displayed incremental validity over religious orientations in explaining variance in self-esteem and religious collective self-esteem and fully mediated Intrinsic and Extrinsic Personal linkages with religious collective self-esteem. Moderation analyses demonstrated that the Attitude towards Hinduism Scale had more robust mental health implications in those who were stronger in their Intrinsic Orientation. These data once again illustrated how the examination of tradition-specific forms of commitment can clarify more general measures of religiousness, and vice versa. They also confirmed the potential of the Attitude towards Hinduism Scale in efforts to develop a Hindu psychology of religion. Keywords: attitude towards Hinduism; religious orientations; quest; India; psychological adjustment
The interpersonal relationships an individual establishes and maintains in his or her life offer ... more The interpersonal relationships an individual establishes and maintains in his or her life offer quality and meaning in one's life. The relationships with parents, spouses, children, extended family and friends provide for a valuable social network. This is particularly true as these relationships work at a basic level in people's lives. These interpersonal relationships begin with mutual attraction, develop with respect and trust and are sustained by the belief that each person will act in the other's best interest (Flanigan, 1992).Despite the best intentions of those involved in a given relationship, mistakes may be made, considerations of the other person(s) may be abandoned and the other's best interest may be put aside. Interpersonal conflicts are a normal feature of human life, which must be dealt with across the entire lifespan. Conflicts may range from simple divergence in preferences to deep hurts and severe transgressions. Such transgressions are accompanie...
Frontiers in Psychology, Apr 16, 2020
The present study investigated the efficacy of the REACH Forgiveness psychoeducation program for ... more The present study investigated the efficacy of the REACH Forgiveness psychoeducation program for the first time in Indian college students and examined theoreticallybased predictors of program response based on the model of relational spirituality and forgiveness. This was an intervention experiment that spanned 5 weeks and included three measurement occasions (weeks 1, 3, 5) and two separate deliveries of the forgiveness intervention (weeks 2 and 4). Participants were N = 124 students at Karnatak University in Darwha, India (100 Hindu; 18 Muslim, 5 Christian, and 1 Jain). This was a manualized, secular intervention led by a trained facilitator in a group, psychoeducational format. Measures included forgiveness and unforgiveness as well as assessments of positive and negative affective states and spirituality. Participants who received immediate forgiveness training showed significant and large positive changes in forgiveness and unforgiveness, as well as, more positive affect and increased selfesteem in contrast to wait-list comparisons. Perceiving one's offender as having a similar spirituality to oneself was a consistent predictor of response to the REACH Forgiveness program. Specifically, perceiving the offender as having a similar spirituality was related to less growth of unforgiveness and more growth in empathy, positive affect, and emotional forgiveness as a result of the psychoeducational program. The REACH Forgiveness psychoeducational approach is efficacious in an Indian college student sample, and some relational spirituality variables are important predictors of response to the program. Future studies should consider the role of Indian culture in promoting forgiveness and possibly tailor the intervention to suit the significant proportions of Hindus and Muslims in India.
ABSTRACT In a sample of Indian university students, the Attitude towards Hinduism Scale correlate... more ABSTRACT In a sample of Indian university students, the Attitude towards Hinduism Scale correlated positively with the Intrinsic and Extrinsic Personal Religious Orientations, exhibited an inverse relationship with depression, and predicted greater self-esteem and religious collective self-esteem. Extrinsic Social and Quest Orientations displayed no linkages with Hindu religious commitments and predicted psychological maladjustment. Attitude towards Hinduism displayed incremental validity over religious orientations in explaining variance in self-esteem and religious collective self-esteem and fully mediated Intrinsic and Extrinsic Personal linkages with religious collective self-esteem. Moderation analyses demonstrated that the Attitude towards Hinduism Scale had more robust mental health implications in those who were stronger in their Intrinsic Orientation. These data once again illustrated how the examination of tradition-specific forms of commitment can clarify more general measures of religiousness, and vice versa. They also confirmed the potential of the Attitude towards Hinduism Scale in efforts to develop a Hindu psychology of religion. Keywords: attitude towards Hinduism; religious orientations; quest; India; psychological adjustment