The Mediating Role of Forgiveness in the Context of Interpersonal Relationship Styles and Conflict Resolution Tendencies
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https://doi.org/10.52963/PERR_Biruni_V11.N3.08Keywords:
Forgiveness, Relationships, Interpersonal relationship, Conflict, Conflict resolutionAbstract
The aim of this research is to examine the mediating role of university students’ forgiveness themselves, others and the situation in the relationship between interpersonal relationship styles and tendency to resolve conflicts of university students. The study group of this research consists of 409 students who are studying at various undergraduate departments in Gaziantep University. "Conflict Resolution Tendency Scale","Heartland Forgiveness Scale", "Interpersonal Relationship Style Scale" and "Personal Information Form" prepared by the researcher were used as data collection tools in the research. In the analysis of the data, structural equation modeling was applied by using AMOS program. Analyzes in the research have shown that the relationship between nourishing relationship style and conflict resolution tendency is significant in the positive direction. According to the results of the research, in the model in which the intermediary role of forgiveness is examined between interpersonal relationship styles and conflict resolution tendency, self-forgiveness and the forgiveness of others in relation to the nourishing relationship and the tendency to resolve conflict; the relationship between the toxic relationship style and the tendency to resolve conflict was found to be the partial mediator effect of self-forgiveness.
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