The aim of this pilot study was to test the effectiveness of an educational forgiveness intervention on mental health in grieving parents. 21 grieving parents were randomly assigned to the experimental group (in which the educational forgiveness intervention occurred) and to the control group (in which a psycho-education grief intervention with a humanistic approach took place). Participants in both groups completed 12 individual hourly sessions for three months. The results showed that participants in the experimental group achieved statistically greater improvement in forgiveness towards others, self-forgiveness, and a greater decrease in depression in the post-test and follow-up test; a greater decrease in anxiety and anger in the post-test; as well as higher improvement in the post-traumatic growth in the follow-up test, four months after the end of the intervention. We highlight the potential benefits of using a forgiveness intervention with bereaved parents.

这项试点研究的目的是测试教育宽恕干预对悲伤父母心理健康的有效性。21 位悲伤的父母被随机分配到实验组（其中进行了教育宽恕干预）和对照组（其中进行了人本主义方法的心理教育悲伤干预）。两组的参与者在三个月内完成了 12 个每小时的单独课程。结果表明，实验组的参与者在后测和后续测试中在对他人的宽恕和自我宽恕方面取得了统计学上更大的改善，并且抑郁症的减少幅度更大；测试后焦虑和愤怒的减少幅度更大；以及后续测试中创伤后成长的更高改善，干预结束后四个月。我们强调了对失去亲人的父母进行宽恕干预的潜在好处。