Motivations for promotion and prevention and the role of trust and commitment in interpersonal forgiveness

Granting forgiveness demands self-regulation Distinct modes of self-regulation might therefore produce distinct routes to forgiveness self-regulation focused oil advancement (or promotion) Could motivate forgiveness through the perceived benefits to be attained by repairing a relationship. I e. one's trust that a partner will provide such benefits rather than further betrayal In contrast, self-regulation focused Oil security (or prevention) could motivate forgiveness through the perceived costs of further relationship deterioration, i.e, one's commitment to maintain a relationship upon which one depends and protect against the loss of this relationship These hypotheses were supported across two studies that (a) measured and manipulated promotion-focused versus prevention-focused self-regulation, (b) included real and imagined offenses in casual and close relationships, and (c) assessed forgiveness immediately following an offense and after a two-week delay Trust in a relationship partner more strongly predicted forgiveness among promotion-focused individuals, whereas commitment to this partner more strongly predicted forgiveness among prevention-focused individuals (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc All rights reserved.