Abstract

RODRIGUEZ, Lucas Marcelo; TORTUL, María Candela; MENGHI, María Soledad  and  MORENO, José Eduardo. El perdón en adolescentes y jóvenes: una propuesta para su medición en Argentina. Rev. psicodebate: psicol. cult. soc. [online]. 2018, vol.18, n.1, pp.21-34. ISSN 24516600.

Forgiveness is a process that involves a change in the emotions and the attitudes towards the person who has made an offense. Two studies are presented in this report. The first study aimed to evaluate the construct validity and reliability of the Spanish translation and youth adaptation of Mark Rye’s Forgiveness Scale (1998, Rye et al., 2001). The sample comprised 323 young university students from both sexes, between 18 and 28 years old (M = 21.28, SD = 2.35). The evidence obtained has the same factorial structure in the scale adaptation to Spanish as in the original one. Although the number of items was reduced to 10, five for each dimension (presence of positive attitudes and absence of negative attitudes). The second study aimed to carry out a confirmatory analysis of the Forgiveness Scale adaptation, as it resulted in the first study; as well as to develop convergent validity studies with the Forgiveness Probability and Positive Emotions Scales, in adolescents. The sample consisted of 401 adolescents from both sexes, between 13 and 17 years old (M = 15.43, SD = 1.2). A confirmatory factorial analysis was performed to validate the factorial structure of the scale in adolescents, with good psychometric results. Besides, both dimensions of the Forgiveness Scale correlated positively with the Probability of Forgiveness Scale. Likewise, Optimism and Serenity correlated positively with both the presence of positive and the absence of negative attitudes. In addition, the positive presence dimension positively correlated with Interest, Happiness and Sense of Humor, Enthusiasm and Gratitude. The results, found in the light of the theory of the positive emotions, are analyzed.

Keywords : Forgiveness; Positive emotions; Adolescence; Youth; Psychometric scales.

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