Relation between apology and forgiveness in anger experience

• Project/Area Number: 20730404
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Social psychology
• Research Institution: Kochi University
• Principal Investigator: HIBINO Kei Kochi University, 教育研究部人文社会科学系, 准教授 (90431668)
• Project Period (FY): 2008 – 2010
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
• Keywords: 怒り / 謝罪 / 許し / 怒り経験 / 怒り対象

Research Abstract

The purpose of this study is from a viewpoint of "behavior of anger-target" and "forgiveness" to examine the anger experiences. The results were as follows. When anger rouser didn't forgive, he became silent and heard anger target's explanation, made the episode never happen, and avoided the anger-target. On the other hand, anger target behaved aggression, displacement to object, avoidance, and social sharing. In addition, it was suggested that it was easy to forgive anger target who apologized than one who explained, and the relation afterwards continued easily.