| The purpose of this study was to increase insecurely attached adolescents' level of security and to improve their psychological well-being through forgiving their parents. Twenty-seven college participants (23 females and 4 males) insecurely attached to their parents were recruited in Taipei, Taiwan. A twelve-week intervention with forgiveness was conducted on the experimental group. A social perspective taking communication program was implemented on the control group. As expected, the participants became more securely attached to their parents once they forgive their parent for past offenses. This improvement in the experimental group was maintained at the follow-up testing. Furthermore the participants in the forgiveness intervention had greater reduction in trait-anxiety and trait-anger at the follow-up testing, compared to the control group. Both groups decreased in depression and state-anxiety at the posttest and the follow-up test. The findings of this study illustrates that forgiveness can be psychologically beneficial for late adolescents insecurely attached to their parents. |
