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View article: Conditional but Collaborative: Offering Offenders Voice Improves Their Engagement With the Conditions of Forgiveness
Conditional but Collaborative: Offering Offenders Voice Improves Their Engagement With the Conditions of Forgiveness Open
Relationships may survive transgressions by victimized relationship partners forgiving, but their forgiveness can be conditional on fulfilling stipulations. Conditional forgiveness enables victimized relationship partners to move forward i…
View article: Empathy for violent offenders: Knowing the truth facilitates victims’ empathy in victim-offender mediation
Empathy for violent offenders: Knowing the truth facilitates victims’ empathy in victim-offender mediation Open
Objective We examined whether the feeling of knowing the truth may facilitate the emergence of victims’ empathy for offenders in instances of victim-offender mediation that address violent and non-violent crimes. Methods We manipulated the…
View article: Red Box, Green Box: Psychometric evaluation of a self‐report behavioral frequency measurement approach for behavioral addictions research
Red Box, Green Box: Psychometric evaluation of a self‐report behavioral frequency measurement approach for behavioral addictions research Open
Aims The behavioral addictions field lacks clinically useful behavior frequency measures. This study evaluated the psychometric performance of the new ‘Red Box, Green Box’ method for measuring gaming behavior with a focus on its utility fo…
View article: Transformative Moral Repair Following Interpersonal Transgressions: Post-Transgression Relationship Growth
Transformative Moral Repair Following Interpersonal Transgressions: Post-Transgression Relationship Growth Open
Research often views relationship repair through a reparative lens of relationship partners attempting to fix what was damaged or broken by the transgression. We argue here for a transformative lens to view transgressions as potential cata…
View article: Empathy expectations: Trait empathy exacerbates apologetic offenders' negative reactions to non‐forgiveness
Empathy expectations: Trait empathy exacerbates apologetic offenders' negative reactions to non‐forgiveness Open
Victims have the prerogative to withhold forgiveness. However, offenders who apologize may believe that they have acted correctly and can feel wronged by victims who refuse to forgive in return. Indeed, apologetic offenders can perceive vi…
View article: The acculturation challenge: A longitudinal investigation of acculturative stress and mental health of Chinese international students in Australia
The acculturation challenge: A longitudinal investigation of acculturative stress and mental health of Chinese international students in Australia Open
The Australian university sector had almost one million international students in 2024. This population faces significant mental health challenges that affect their wellbeing and academic success, but these issues have received minimal emp…
View article: “Phones off while school's on”: Evaluating problematic phone use and the social, wellbeing, and academic effects of banning phones in schools
“Phones off while school's on”: Evaluating problematic phone use and the social, wellbeing, and academic effects of banning phones in schools Open
Background and aims Mobile phone bans in secondary schools are claimed to reduce student distraction and promote learning and face-to-face socializing. Currently, the evidence on phone bans is limited. The aim of this preregistered study w…
View article: The role of truth in victim–offender mediation: Victims of crime who feel they know the “whole” truth are more receptive to apologies.
The role of truth in victim–offender mediation: Victims of crime who feel they know the “whole” truth are more receptive to apologies. Open
Instances of victim-offender mediation should ensure that victims' need for truth is satisfied because this may increase the effectiveness of apologies. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).
View article: Keeping score: Past victimization reduces offenders’ conciliatory sentiments for their present transgressions
Keeping score: Past victimization reduces offenders’ conciliatory sentiments for their present transgressions Open
Many relationships within which interpersonal transgressions transpire often involve histories of reciprocal wrongdoing, where each party has occupied both the role of victim and offender. We investigate whether past incidents of being wro…
View article: Is it Genuine or Pseudo-Forgiveness? Offenders’ Appraisals of Victims’ Expressed Forgiveness as a Function of Engagement in Co-Reflection
Is it Genuine or Pseudo-Forgiveness? Offenders’ Appraisals of Victims’ Expressed Forgiveness as a Function of Engagement in Co-Reflection Open
After interpersonal wrongdoing, a victim may express forgiveness with or without having truly experienced a transformation to more positive sentiments toward the offender. As those forgiving sentiments are internal states, offenders do not…
View article: Tensions between collective‐self forgiveness and political repair
Tensions between collective‐self forgiveness and political repair Open
Faced with collective guilt, perpetrator groups may seek collective‐self forgiveness. However, does this diminish their support for political repair? Advancing the concept of collective‐self forgiveness, we distinguish between end‐state co…