Do Forgiveness Campaign Activities Improve Forgiveness, Mental Health, and Flourishing?

被引：4

作者：

Bechara, Andrea Ortega ^{[1
]}

Chen, Zhuo Job ^{[2
]}

Cowden, Richard G. ^{[3
,4
]}

Worthington Jr, Everett L. ^{[5
]}

Toussaint, Loren ^{[6
]}

Rodriguez, Nicole ^{[1
]}

Murillo, Hernan Guzman ^{[1
]}

Ho, Man Yee ^{[7
]}

Mathur, Maya B. ^{[8
]}

VanderWeele, Tyler J. ^{[3
,4
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Sinu, Dept Psychol, Monteria, Colombia

[2] Univ North Carolina Charlotte, Sch Nursing, Charlotte, NC 28223 USA

[3] Harvard Univ, Human Flourishing Program, Cambridge, MA USA

[4] Harvard Univ, TH Chan Sch Publ Hlth, Cambridge, MA USA

[5] Virginia Commonwealth Univ, Dept Psychol, Richmond, VA USA

[6] Luther Coll, Decorah, IA USA

[7] City Univ Hong Kong, Dept Social & Behav Sci, Hong Kong, Peoples R China

[8] Stanford Univ, Quantitat Sci Unit, Stanford, CA USA

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH | 2024年 / 69卷

关键词：

forgiveness; public health; mental health; flourishing; intervention; PROMOTE FORGIVENESS; RUMINATION; PROGRAM;

D O I：

10.3389/ijph.2024.1605341

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of a forgiveness public health intervention at promoting forgiveness, mental health, and flourishing.Methods: Colombian students (N = 2,878) at a private, nonreligious university were exposed to a 4-week forgiveness community campaign and were assessed pre- and post-campaign.Results: Forgiveness, mental health, and flourishing outcomes showed improvements after the campaign. On average, participants reported engaging in 7.18 (SD = 3.99) of the 16 types of campaign activities. The number of types of campaign activities that participants engaged in evidenced a positive linear association with forgiveness, although some activities were more popular than others and some activities were more strongly associated with increased forgiveness. For depression, anxiety, and flourishing, engaging in more activities was generally associated with greater improvements, but the patterns were less consistent relative to forgiveness.Conclusion: This forgiveness public health intervention effectively promoted forgiveness, mental health, and flourishing. Effective campaigns in diverse communities involve promoting mental and physical health through forgiveness. However, recent conflict may hinder acceptance, necessitating political capital for leadership advocating forgiveness initiatives.

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