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Forgiveness by God and Human Forgivingness: The Centrality of the Religiosity Makes the Difference

Forgiveness by God and Human Forgivingness: The Centrality of the Religiosity Makes the Difference © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2011 DOI: 10.1163/157361211X565737 Archive for the Psychology of Religion 33 (2011) 115-134 brill.nl/arp Forgiveness by God and Human Forgivingness: The Centrality of the Religiosity Makes the Difference S. Huber a), 1 M. Allemand b) and O. W. Huber c) a) Center for Religious Studies at Bochum University, University of Bochum, Bochum, Germany stefan.huber@relpsych.de b) Department of Psychology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland m.allemand@psychologie.uzh.ch c) Psychology Department, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland odilo.huber@unifr.ch Received: 20 May 2010; revised: 19 December 2010; accepted 20 December 2010 Summary The present study tested the hypothesis that centrality of religiosity as defined as the position of an individual’s religious construct system in personality moderates the relationship between the experience of forgiveness by God and forgivingness for others. Participants ( N = 459) completed measures of forgiveness by God, forgivingness, and centrality of religiosity. The moderating hypothesis was tested by treating centrality of religiosity both as a continuous variable and as a categorical variable with reference to a typological distinction. Results indicate that centrality of religiosity moderates the positive relationship between forgiveness by God and forgivingness for others, implying that this relation only occurs if the religious construct system http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archive for the Psychology of Religion Brill

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© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2011 DOI: 10.1163/157361211X565737 Archive for the Psychology of Religion 33 (2011) 115-134 brill.nl/arp Forgiveness by God and Human Forgivingness: The Centrality of the Religiosity Makes the Difference S. Huber a), 1 M. Allemand b) and O. W. Huber c) a) Center for Religious Studies at Bochum University, University of Bochum, Bochum, Germany stefan.huber@relpsych.de b) Department of Psychology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland m.allemand@psychologie.uzh.ch c) Psychology Department, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland odilo.huber@unifr.ch Received: 20 May 2010; revised: 19 December 2010; accepted 20 December 2010 Summary The present study tested the hypothesis that centrality of religiosity as defined as the position of an individual’s religious construct system in personality moderates the relationship between the experience of forgiveness by God and forgivingness for others. Participants ( N = 459) completed measures of forgiveness by God, forgivingness, and centrality of religiosity. The moderating hypothesis was tested by treating centrality of religiosity both as a continuous variable and as a categorical variable with reference to a typological distinction. Results indicate that centrality of religiosity moderates the positive relationship between forgiveness by God and forgivingness for others, implying that this relation only occurs if the religious construct system

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Published: Jan 1, 2011

Keywords: forgivingness; survey; forgiveness; model of religiosity; centrality of religiosity

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