The Effectiveness of Forgiveness Intervention to Decrease of Rejection Sensitivity: A Study Based on Left-Behind Children

Abstract

Abstract: To investigate whether forgiveness intervention effectively decreases the rejection sensitivity among the left-behind children, 18 left-behind children with hypersensitivity to rejection were randomly assigned to equal-sized control and treatment groups. The treatment group received 6 weeks of group intervention while the control received no intervention. All participants were evaluated prior to the intervention (baseline pretest), following the intervention (post-test) and during the 3-month follow-up. The results showed a negative correlation between forgiveness and rejection sensitivity. Intervention treatment significantly reduced the rejection sensitivity based on both posttest and the 3-month follow-up. Whereas the pretest rejection sensitivity was comparable between treatment and control. Finally, the rejection sensitivity significantly decreased after intervention within the treatment group and remained at a lower level thereafter, while the control group maintained hypersensitivity to rejection. These findings support a long-term effect of forgiveness intervention in reducing the rejection sensitivity among the left-behind children.

Key words: rejection sensitivity, forgiveness intervention, left-behind children

摘要： 为探讨宽恕干预对降低农村留守儿童拒绝敏感性的作用，本研究将18名高拒绝敏感性农村留守儿童随机分配到实验组和控制组，其中实验组接受为期六周的团体宽恕干预，控制组不接受任何干预。结果显示：（1）留守儿童的拒绝敏感性水平与宽恕水平之间存在显著负相关。（2）在前测数据中，实验组和控制组之间不存在显著差异；在后测和追踪数据中，实验组儿童的拒绝敏感性水平显著低于控制组。（3）在干预之后，实验组留守儿童的拒绝敏感性水平显著下降，并且维持在较低水平，而控制组留守儿童的拒绝敏感性水平始终处于较高水平。该结果在一定程度上证明宽恕干预对降低农村留守儿童的拒绝敏感性水平是有效的，并且其效果稳定。

关键词: 拒绝敏感性, 宽恕干预, 留守儿童

CLC Number:

B849

SUN Hui, ZHANG Tian. The Effectiveness of Forgiveness Intervention to Decrease of Rejection Sensitivity: A Study Based on Left-Behind Children[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2021, 19(1): 111-117.

孙卉, 张田. 宽恕干预对降低农村留守儿童拒绝敏感性的作用[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2021, 19(1): 111-117.

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