Dissertations and Theses @ UNI
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Keywords
Forgiveness--United States; Forgiveness--Bulgaria; Forgiveness--Cross-cultural studies;
Abstract
The paper discusses some of the cultural differences and similarities of Americans’ and Bulgarians’ understanding of forgiveness. The data is derived from previously conducted interviews with Americans and specifically designed written surveys with Bulgarians. Both samples illustrate the applications of forgiveness in peoples’ daily life and the unique understanding of the process of forgiving, regardless of the different cultural background. The cross-cultural analysis is based on some of the crucial concepts in the culture, philosophy, and psychology literature. The data is evaluated through descriptive statistics and by comparing the percentile measures of the data from the American interviews and the Bulgarian survey findings regarding some of the topics of investigation, i.e. definitions of forgiveness, forgiveness and reconciliation, influences of culture over understandings of forgiveness, etc.
Year of Submission
2013
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Education
Department
Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations
First Advisor
Suzanne Freedman
Date Original
2013
Object Description
1 PDF file (v, 130 pages)
Copyright
©2013 Desislava Sevdalinova Stoycheva
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Stoycheva, Desislava Sevdalinova, "Cross-cultural comparison and contrast of Americans' and Bulgarians' understanding of forgiveness" (2013). Dissertations and Theses @ UNI. 102.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/etd/102