Comparing the Effectiveness of Forgiveness Therapy and Mindfulness Training on Improving Forgiveness among High School Students

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1 Ph.D. Candidate in Educational Psychology, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

2 Corresponding Author: Associate Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to compare the effect of forgiveness therapy and mindfulness training on improvement of forgiveness in secondary school students. The research design was a semi-experimental design with pretest, posttest and a control group. The statistical population of this study consisted of all tenth and eleventh grade students of high school of Tehran during 2018-2019. Six classes were chosen using random cluster sampling and randomly assigned based on the classroom groups into three groups. The first experimental group (forgiveness therapy) consisted of 38 participants, the second experimental group (mindfulness training) consisted of 37 individuals and the control group consisted of 40 participants. The research instrument included The Heartland Forgiveness Tendency Scale. The experimental groups were trained based on forgiveness therapy or mindfulness training, but control group had no intervention. After that, posttest and follow-up after one month and half was performed. Multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA), and Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) were used to analyze the data. The results showed that there was a significant difference between the experimental groups and the control group in terms of forgiveness and its subscales in the post-test and follow-up stages. Also, mindfulness training had a greater effect on the improvement of forgiveness in the long term.
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Volume 13, Issue 49
Spring Quarterly
May 2022
Pages 65-88

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  • Receive Date: 06 October 2021
  • Revise Date: 15 December 2021
  • Accept Date: 21 December 2021

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