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Friday, September 25, 2009
Forgiveness - An Important Compenent of Anger Management Pt. 5
Does Forgiveness Work?
In a word, yes! To give one example. A study conducted by research psychologists Suzanne Freedman and Robert Enright involved 12 women who were survivors of childhood incest. All were anxious, depressed and suffering from low self esteem before beginning the study. The participants were divided into two groups of six. One group received training on forgiving their perpetrator and the other received no training at all. After completing the training, all six women in the forgiveness group reported less depression and anxiety on average and their sense of hopefulness increased. All six were able to forgive the perpetrator in one fashion or another.
In a word, yes! To give one example. A study conducted by research psychologists Suzanne Freedman and Robert Enright involved 12 women who were survivors of childhood incest. All were anxious, depressed and suffering from low self esteem before beginning the study. The participants were divided into two groups of six. One group received training on forgiving their perpetrator and the other received no training at all. After completing the training, all six women in the forgiveness group reported less depression and anxiety on average and their sense of hopefulness increased. All six were able to forgive the perpetrator in one fashion or another.
Anger management advice by Dr. Joe James at 5:59 AM
