Following stressful experiences like relational transgressions, individuals often turn to members of their personal network for support. This study explored how third-party network members approach coping (communal vs. individual) with a transgressed individual. Fifty network members accompanied transgressed individuals to a communication lab where they completed a questionnaire assessing their perceptions and feelings about the transgression. Findings show that network members’ reports of communal coping with another person’s transgression experience are associated with feelings of hurt and anger, as well as unforgiveness towards the transgressor. This study expands communal coping research to understand the outcomes of communal approaches within stressors typically perceived as individual and suggests that effects of stressors and their subsequent coping behaviors ripple throughout personal networks.

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关系过犯后的社区应对：第三方个人网络成员的观点

在经历过诸如关系违规之类的压力性经历之后，人们经常求助于其个人网络的成员以寻求支持。这项研究探索了第三方网络成员如何应对违法者（公共还是个人）。五十名网络成员陪同被犯罪者一起去了一个交流实验室，在那里他们完成了一个问卷调查，以评估他们对犯罪的看法和感受。调查结果表明，网络成员关于社区应对他人犯罪经历的报告与受伤和愤怒的感觉以及对犯罪者的宽恕相关。