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Victim Forgiveness

Victim Forgiveness is a moral-psychological construct within forgiveness ethics denoting the voluntary relinquishment by a wronged individual of resentment, punitive sentiments, and demands for retribution toward an offender, grounded in a deliberate ethical commitment to restore relational or existential equilibrium despite the injustice suffered.

337

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22.4K

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648

Authors

321

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2017–2026

84

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Publications

337

Getting even or moving on? Power, procedural justice, and types of offense as predictors of revenge, forgiveness, reconciliation, and avoidance in organizations.

Karl Aquino, Thomas M. Tripp, Robert J. Bies · Journal of Applied Psychology · 2006 · 715 citations

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Vengefulness: Relationships with Forgiveness, Rumination, Well-Being, and the Big Five

Michael E. McCullough, C. Garth Bellah, Shelley Dean Kilpatrick et al. · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin · 2001 · 647 citations

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Granting Forgiveness or Harboring Grudges: Implications for Emotion, Physiology, and Health

Charlotte van Oyen Witvliet, Thomas Ludwig, Kelly L. Vander Laan · Psychological Science · 2001 · 594 citations

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Forgiveness as an intervention goal with incest survivors.

Suzanne Freedman, Robert D. Enright · Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology · 1996 · 527 citations

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Forgiveness as an intervention goal with incest survivors.

Suzanne Freedman, Robert D. Enright · Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology · 1996 · 437 citations

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Authors

648

  1. EL
    Everett L. Worthington

    Virginia Commonwealth University, United States

    20 publications · 1.2K citations

    17

    h-index

  2. TG
    Tyler G. Okimoto

    The University of Queensland, Australia

    10 publications · 473 citations

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  3. PS
    Peter Strelan

    The University of Adelaide, Australia

    10 publications · 289 citations

    10

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  4. MW
    Michael Wenzel

    Flinders University, Australia

    9 publications · 406 citations

    9

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  5. RD
    Robert D. Enright

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    8 publications · 1.1K citations

    8

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Institutions

321

  1. Virginia Commonwealth University

    Richmond, United States

    17 h-index

    41 publications

    2.2K citations

  2. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    14 h-index

    24 publications

    1.4K citations

  3. The University of Adelaide

    Adelaide, Australia

    12 h-index

    24 publications

    680 citations

  4. Flinders University

    Adelaide, Australia

    11 h-index

    18 publications

    694 citations

  5. Hope College

    Holland, United States

    11 h-index

    24 publications

    2.7K citations

  6. Carleton University

    Ottawa, Canada

    9 h-index

    17 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    6 h-index

    13 publications

    658 citations

  8. University of North Texas

    Denton, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    286 citations

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Venues

  1. European Journal of Social Psychology

    EJSP · 13 publications · 591 citations

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  2. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

    PSPB · 11 publications · 1.6K citations

    11

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  3. Personality and Individual Differences

    8 publications · 401 citations

    8

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  4. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    8 publications · 1.5K citations

    8

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  5. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

    7 publications · 941 citations

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