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Interpersonal Forgiveness among Kuwaiti Adolescents and Adults

Ramadan A. Ahmed

Kuwait University Kuwait

Fabiola Azar

Social Sciences Institute Antelias, Lebanon

Etienne Mullet

Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes France, etienne.mullet{at}wanadoo.fr

The willingness to forgive was examined in a sample of 517 Kuwaiti citizens, aged 12 to 55 years. Participants were instructed first to read a certain number of stories (in which a harmful act was committed against a child) and then to express their willingness to forgive in each case. The stories included four factors: intent to harm, religious proximity, presence/absence of apologies, and cancellation of consequences. A high level of willingness to forgive was observed among the Kuwaitis studies, irrespective of participants' age and gender. The impact of the religious proximity factor was limited to a very small fraction of the sample.

Key Words: forgiveness • apologies • Kuwait

Conflict Management and Peace Science, Vol. 24, No. 3, 159-170 (2007)
DOI: 10.1080/07388940701468385
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