Abstract
Previous research has shown that age is positively related to a dispositional tendency to forgive others. The present investigation tested the hypothesis that agreeableness and neuroticism partially mediate the association between age and forgivingness. Data from two representative cross-sectional samples of adults were used to test this hypothesis. Results from Study 1 (N = 962, age range: 19-84 years) support the hypothesis, indicating that agreeableness and neuroticism explained, in part, age differences in tendencies to forgive. Study 2 (N = 451, age range: 20-83 years) replicated and extended the results by including transgression occurrences as a third mediator. The results showed that agreeableness and neuroticism explain the association between age and the tendency to forgive others over and above the effect of transgression occurrences.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 441-453 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 1 2012 |
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Keywords
- adulthood
- age differences
- agreeableness
- forgivingness
- neuroticism
- personality traits
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Psychology
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Do Agreeableness and Neuroticism Explain Age Differences in the Tendency to Forgive Others? / Steiner, Marianne; Allemand, Mathias; McCullough, Michael.
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AB - Previous research has shown that age is positively related to a dispositional tendency to forgive others. The present investigation tested the hypothesis that agreeableness and neuroticism partially mediate the association between age and forgivingness. Data from two representative cross-sectional samples of adults were used to test this hypothesis. Results from Study 1 (N = 962, age range: 19-84 years) support the hypothesis, indicating that agreeableness and neuroticism explained, in part, age differences in tendencies to forgive. Study 2 (N = 451, age range: 20-83 years) replicated and extended the results by including transgression occurrences as a third mediator. The results showed that agreeableness and neuroticism explain the association between age and the tendency to forgive others over and above the effect of transgression occurrences.
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