Gender Differences in the Relationship Between Empathy and Forgiveness
- 1 December 2005
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of Social Psychology
- Vol. 145 (6) , 673-685
- https://doi.org/10.3200/socp.145.6.673-686
Abstract
Much research has shown that women are more empathic than men. Yet, women and men are equally forgiving. However, it is not clear whether empathy is more important to forgiveness for men or for wom...Keywords
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