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Forgiveness And Spirituality, Chi-En Hwang, Brookelyn Dietz, Holly Sly

The Research and Scholarship Symposium (2013-2019)

As of today, there has not been a large amount of research in the area of forgiveness. Research has suggested that this is because forgiveness is considered to be a religious issue. However, research has shown that forgiveness plays a role in an individual's personal, as well as spiritual, life (Lampman, 1999). This research proposal focuses on the area of forgiveness as it relates to undergraduate students' spiritual and general well-being. Three hundred and seventy undergraduate students from Cedarville University participated in a survey through Survey Monkey. This survey consisted of three forgiveness scales and one spiritual well-being scale as …