Perdão interpessoal e contextos de injustiça no Brasil e estados Unidos / Interpersonal forgiveness and the contexts of injustices at Brazil and United States
Psico (Porto Alegre)
; 38(2): 182-189, maio-ago. 2007. tab
Article
in Portuguese
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RESUMO
Este estudo sobre contextos de injustiça e o grau de perdão buscou investigar se uma pessoa perdoa uma outra pessoa em graus diferentes quando a ofensa ocorre na família, entre amigos ou no trabalho. 188 americanos e 390 brasileiros do sexo masculino e do sexo feminino, com idade média de 32 anos e seis meses participaram deste trabalho. Foram administradas a Escala de Atitudes (EFI) e uma escala de Desejabilidade Social. Os resultados indicaram que o perdão variou em grau de acordo com o contexto de injustiça. Os participantes mostraram que familiares e amigos receberam maior grau de perdão do que colegas de trabalho.O perdão associou-se à estrutura do contexto de relações familiares, relações entre amigos e relaçõesprofissionais, demonstrando, portanto, a possibilidade de eqüidade nas decisões para o perdão.
ABSTRACT
This is a qualitative study aiming at verifying the relationship between the degree of interpersonal forgivenessand the contexts of injustices, those contexts being among family, friends, or in the work place. The sampleconsisted of 188 Americans and 390 Brazilians who participated in this study. We used the Enright Forgiveness Inventory (EFI) as a measure of interpersonal forgiveness and a measure of social desirability.Findings showed that people are less likely to forgive if the offense occurs in the work environment. It seemsthat an offended person is more motivated to restore positive perceptions with an offending family member and friend than with a coworker. Perhaps people are more motivated to forgive in family and friendship contexts because of affective ties. Therefore, forgiveness is context related and, apparently, people use equity in the degree to which they forgive others.
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Main subject:
Psychology, Social
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Interpersonal Relations
Type of study:
Qualitative research
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
Portuguese
Journal:
Psico (Porto Alegre)
Journal subject:
Psychology
Year:
2007
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
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United States
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidade Federal da Paraíba/BR
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University of Wisconsin/US