@article{ref1,
title="The potential of forgiveness as a response for coping with negative peer experiences",
journal="Journal of Adolescence",
year="2012",
author="Flanagan, Kelly S. and Vanden Hoek, Kristin K. and Ranter, Jennifer M. and Reich, Holly A.",
volume="35",
number="5",
pages="1215-1223",
abstract="Coping strategies employed by adolescents in response to negative peer experiences are related to their adjustment. This study examines the potential of forgiveness as a coping response for negative peer experiences in early adolescence. Participants were 616 6th through 8th grade students at a middle school (46% girls) who completed self-report measures of bullying and victimization experiences, general coping strategies in response to bullying, social anxiety, self-esteem, and a measure of forgiveness to a self-identified experience of being bullied or hurt by a peer. Forgiveness was positively associated with conflict resolution, advice and support seeking strategies, and negatively associated with revenge seeking. Forgiveness was also positively associated with concurrent self-esteem and negatively associated with social anxiety. Further, forgiveness was related to social anxiety and self-esteem after accounting for bullying behavior and victimization experiences, general coping responses, and gender. Developmental considerations of forgiveness and implications for this response are considered.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0140-1971",
doi="10.1016/j.adolescence.2012.04.004",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2012.04.004"
}