![Faculty Publications](../../assets/md5images/fe9b2118e3cccfd51902ff91d155eabc.png)
Faculty Publications
Forgiveness As An Educational Goal With At-Risk Adolescents
Document Type
Article
Keywords
anger, at-risk adolescents, Forgiveness education, intervention, social-emotional learning
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Journal of Moral Education
Volume
47
Issue
4
First Page
415
Last Page
431
Abstract
An educational intervention using forgiveness as the goal was implemented with 10 at-risk adolescents attending an alternative school in a Midwestern city. The adolescents ranged in age from 15 to 19 years of age. A randomized experimental and active control group pre- and post-test design was used. Twenty-one participants were randomly assigned to either the experimental group (forgiveness education class) or the control group (personal communications class). Classes met daily for 31 sessions for approximately 23 hours of education. Enright’s process model of forgiveness was used as the focus of the intervention. Dependent variables included forgiveness, self-esteem, hope, depression, and state-trait anxiety scales. After the education, the experimental group gained more than the control group in forgiveness and hope, and decreased significantly more than the control group in anxiety and depression. Verbal reports from the experimental participants following the education also illustrate the positive impact forgiveness had on the students.
Department
Department of Educational Psychology, Foundations, and Leadership Studies
Original Publication Date
10-2-2018
DOI of published version
10.1080/03057240.2017.1399869
Repository
UNI ScholarWorks, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
Recommended Citation
Freedman, Suzanne, "Forgiveness As An Educational Goal With At-Risk Adolescents" (2018). Faculty Publications. 654.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/facpub/654