Exploring Self-forgiveness: A Qualitative Approach

accept accountability acknowledged aligning actions attributing meaning attributional style awareness Bauer Bauer et al Bowers bypassed Charon coding cognitive comparisons compassion concept conscious context corrective actions cultural define Enright et al example expected experience experiential knowledge focus focused forgiveness process functionalist George Herbert Mead goals human hurtful event individual influence injury interactionists interpersonal forgiveness interpretations interview involves issues LaRossa Lewis literature memos model proposed moral motivate multiple negative evaluation negative self-evaluations norms notion objective occur offensive event one's actions one's behavior painful emotional participant's perspective present study proposed by Enright psychological defenses qualitative research questions reaction receiving forgiveness recognize reference groups reframing regret relationship relevant research project researcher's responses self-awareness self-concept self-forgiveness process self-image shame significance situation social interaction specific strategies Strauss suffering suggest symbolic interactionism symbolic interactionist theoretical sampling things Uncovering Phase understand University of Wisconsin-Madison values violating personal standards