Self-forgiveness is not only shaped by processes exclusively within the self, nor are its consequences limited to the self. The Handbook of the Psychology of Self-Forgiveness (Woodyatt et al. 2017c) offers a timely collection of the growing and diverse scholarship on self-forgiveness, as well as a valuable resource for researchers. More importantly, however, it also provides a launching point for further theoretical and empirical innovations. In particular, we highlight the need to further investigate the role of others in the search for self-forgiveness and ultimately, moral redemption for the self. We reflect on the evolution and conceptualization, antecedents and consequences, and application of self-forgiveness. We then suggest new avenues for research that integrate self and other perspectives to understand an individual’s journey through self-forgiveness within a broader social context. We propose that we can conceptualize self-forgiveness and forgiveness as two complementary sides of the same process toward moral repair.

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探索自我宽恕研究的新方向：整合自我和其他道德修养观点

自我宽恕不仅由自身内部的过程决定，其后果也不仅限于自我。在自我的心理学手册-宽恕（Woodyatt et al。2017c）提供了关于自我宽恕的不断增长和多样化的奖学金的及时收集，以及研究人员的宝贵资源。但是，更重要的是，它也为进一步的理论和经验创新提供了起点。特别是，我们强调有必要进一步研究他人在寻求自我宽恕并最终实现道德救赎自我方面的作用。我们反思自我宽恕的演变和概念化，前因和后果以及应用。然后，我们为整合自我和其他观点的研究提供了新的途径，以了解个人在更广泛的社会环境中通过自我宽恕的旅程。