TY - JOUR
T1 - Forgiveness, Reconciliation, and Shame: Three Key Variables in Reducing School Bullying
AU - Ahmed, Eliza
AU - Braithwaite, Valerie
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - This study examined the relationships between forgiveness, reconciliation, shame and school bullying. The sample consisted of 1,875 Bangladeshi adolescents (60% girls) in grades 7 to 10 (M = 8.28). In a structural equation model, both forgiveness and reconciliation directly predicted less bullying. In addition to the direct effect, an indirect pathway showed reconciliation reduced bullying via adaptive shame management. Shame acknowledgment predicted less bullying whereas shame displacement predicted more in accord with the shame management theory. An alternative model was also tested, which demonstrated that parental forgiveness eroded when children displaced their shame. The nature of the intersection between these two theoretically viable psychological models has implications for both restorative justice theory and practice.
AB - This study examined the relationships between forgiveness, reconciliation, shame and school bullying. The sample consisted of 1,875 Bangladeshi adolescents (60% girls) in grades 7 to 10 (M = 8.28). In a structural equation model, both forgiveness and reconciliation directly predicted less bullying. In addition to the direct effect, an indirect pathway showed reconciliation reduced bullying via adaptive shame management. Shame acknowledgment predicted less bullying whereas shame displacement predicted more in accord with the shame management theory. An alternative model was also tested, which demonstrated that parental forgiveness eroded when children displaced their shame. The nature of the intersection between these two theoretically viable psychological models has implications for both restorative justice theory and practice.
U2 - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2006.00454.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2006.00454.x
M3 - Article
SN - 0022-4537
VL - 62
SP - 347
EP - 370
JO - Journal of Social Issues
JF - Journal of Social Issues
IS - 2, 2006
ER -