Cognitive Inhibition and Interpersonal Forgiveness: The Moderator Role of Trait Forgiveness

Abstract

Abstract: The trait forgiveness scale was used to measure the trait forgiveness ability of 102 college students, and measuring the cognitive inhibition ability and the interpersonal forgiveness ability of the subjects by the flanker experiment and the scenario recall paradigm. In order to investigate the relationship among the trait forgiveness, cognitive inhibition and interpersonal forgiveness. The following results were observed, 1）Pearson′s correlation analysis showed a significant relationship among cognitive inhibition, trait forgiveness and interpersonal forgiveness （excepting the relationship between cognitive inhibition and benevolence motivation）; 2）the trait forgiveness had a significant effect on the avoidance motivation, the revenge motivation and the benevolence motivation, but the cognitive inhibition only had a significant effect on the revenge motivation; 3）the trait forgiveness and the cognitive inhibition had a significant negative effect on the avoidance motivation, and had a significant positive effect on the benevolence motivation.

Key words: trait forgiveness, cognitive inhibition, interpersonal forgiveness, avoidance motivation, revenge motivation, benevolence motivation.

摘要： 采用《特质宽恕量表》测量了102名大学生的特质宽恕能力，并通过Flanker任务和情景回忆法评估了被试的认知抑制和人际宽恕水平，目的是探讨特质宽恕、认知抑制与人际宽恕三者之间的关系。结果发现：（1）认知抑制、特质宽恕与人际宽恕各维度之间存在两两显著相关（除认知抑制与仁慈动机之外）；（2）特质宽恕对回避、报复和仁慈动机均具有预测作用，而认知抑制则只对报复动机具有预测作用；（3）特质宽恕与认知抑制对回避动机具有负向的调节作用，对仁慈动机具有正向的调节作用。

关键词: 特质宽恕, 认知抑制, 人际宽恕, 回避动机, 报复动机, 仁慈动机。

CLC Number:

B848.8

Zhao Yankai, Li Hui, Wu Zhen, Zhang Shanshan. Cognitive Inhibition and Interpersonal Forgiveness: The Moderator Role of Trait Forgiveness[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2016, 14(4): 531-536.

赵彦凯, 李晖, 吴真, 张珊珊. 认知抑制与人际宽恕：特质宽恕的调节作用[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2016, 14(4): 531-536.

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