TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Bright side of the MAOA-uVNTR on trait and situational forgiveness
JO  - Psychoneuroendocrinology
A1  - Gong, Pingyuan
A1  - Zhang, Jieting
A1  - Liu, Jinting
A1  - He, LinLin
A1  - Guo, Wenxuan
SP  - e106057
EP  - e106057
VL  - 151
IS  - 
N2  - The stress-and-coping theory of forgiveness posits that forgiveness and aggression are alternative ways of coping with stress of interpersonal offences. Inspired by the link between aggression and MAOA-uVNTR (a genetic variant involving in catabolism of monoamines), we investigated the relationship between this variant and forgiveness with two studies. Study 1 examined the relationship between the MAOA-uVNTR and trait forgiveness in students, and study 2 examined the effect of this variant on third-party forgiveness in response to situational offences in male inmates. The results showed that the MAOA-H (a high activity allele) was associated with higher trait forgiveness in male students and greater third-party forgiveness to accidentally committed harm and attempted but failed harm in male inmates than the MAOA-L. These findings highlight the bright side of MAOA-uVNTR on trait and situational forgiveness.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0306-4530
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106057
ID  - ref1
ER  -