Forgiveness among the Japanese: Self-Construal, Collectivism, and Religious Faith
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- Ueda Kosei
- Iwate Prefectural Government, Miyako Child Guidance Center
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- Shiomura Kimihiro
- Faculty of Letters, Ferris University
Bibliographic Information
- Other Title
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- 日本人のゆるしと自己観・集団主義・宗教性
- ニホンジン ノ ユルシ ト ジコカン ・ シュウダン シュギ ・ シュウキョウセイ
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Abstract
The present study investigated the relationship between forgiveness and the cultural values of the Japanese. Multiple regression analysis indicated that dispositional unforgiveness of self/situation was negatively related to independent self-construal and positively related to interdependent self-construal. The results show that the value of forgiveness of self/situation is low in the Japanese worldview. In the relationships between the religious faith scale and the sub-dimensions of dispositional forgiveness, forgiveness of others was positively related only to the item “religion has harmful effects”. Discussion of the results reveals how cultural and religious beliefs about forgiveness are different in Japan compared to Western countries.
Journal
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- The Japanese Journal of Personality
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The Japanese Journal of Personality 21 (2), 183-185, 2012
Japan Society of Personality Psychology
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390001205214058624
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- NII Article ID
- 130003363129
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- NII Book ID
- AA11873802
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- ISSN
- 13496174
- 13488406
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- NDL BIB ID
- 024159057
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
- NDL
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- CiNii Articles
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- Abstract License Flag
- Disallowed