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Interpersonal Forgiveness among Kuwaiti Adolescents and Adults

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  • Ramadan A. Ahmed

    (Kuwait University Kuwait)

  • Fabiola Azar

    (Social Sciences Institute Antelias, Lebanon)

  • Etienne Mullet

    (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes France, etienne.mullet@wanadoo.fr)

Abstract

The willingness to forgive was examined in a sample of 517 Kuwaiti citizens, aged 12 to 55 years. Participants were instructed first to read a certain number of stories (in which a harmful act was committed against a child) and then to express their willingness to forgive in each case. The stories included four factors: intent to harm, religious proximity, presence/absence of apologies, and cancellation of consequences. A high level of willingness to forgive was observed among the Kuwaitis studies, irrespective of participants' age and gender. The impact of the religious proximity factor was limited to a very small fraction of the sample.

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  • Ramadan A. Ahmed & Fabiola Azar & Etienne Mullet, 2007. "Interpersonal Forgiveness among Kuwaiti Adolescents and Adults," Conflict Management and Peace Science, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 24(3), pages 159-170, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:compsc:v:24:y:2007:i:3:p:159-170
    DOI: 10.1080/07388940701468385
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    forgiveness; apologies; Kuwait;
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