Evidence suggests that people who have greater interdependent self‐construal forgive others more often because they are motivated to forgive to maintain the relationship. Furthermore, such forgiveness might lead to greater emotional well‐being. In this study, we examined the relationship between interdependent self‐construal and (a) decisional forgiveness and (b) emotional well‐being. We also tested models that included trait forgivingness and the motivation to forgive to maintain relationships. Results indicated that (a) trait forgivingness and relational motivations to forgive uniquely mediate the relationship between interdependent self‐construal and decisional forgiveness and (b) trait forgivingness may be a pathway from interdependent self‐construal to emotional well‐being.

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自我建构与宽恕：复制与扩展

有证据表明，相互依存性强的人会原谅他人，因为他们有动力原谅保持这种关系。此外，这种宽恕可能会带来更大的情感幸福感。在这项研究中，我们研究了相互依存的自我建构与（a）决策宽恕和（b）情绪幸福之间的关系。我们还测试了包括特质宽恕和原谅维持关系动机的模型。结果表明（a）特质的宽容度和关系宽恕的动机独特地调解了相互依存的自我建构与决定性宽恕之间的关系；（b）特质的宽容可能是从相互依存的自我建构到情感幸福的途径。