Research Results

Read about the discoveries of various research projects supported by the John Templeton Foundation below. Scientists working on Campaign for Forgiveness Research projects studied the way forgiveness works in individuals and among families and nations. They investigated the social and physical effects of forgiveness on persons who choose to forgive. Some projects studied how animals forgive and how their social groups function.

Roy Baumeister- Florida State University
Humility, Egotism, Forgiveness, and the Victim Role
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Thomas Bradbury- University of California at Los Angeles
The Role of Prosocial Behavior in the Prevention of Marital Distress & Disruption
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Ed Cairns- University of Ulster, Northern Ireland
Forgiveness & the Reduction of Intergroup Conflict
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Kim Cameron- University of Michigan
Forgiveness After Organizational Downsizing: An Exploration of Relationships
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Audrey Chapman- American Association for the Advancement of Science
Truth & Forgiveness in South Africa: A Multidisciplinary Approach
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Frans de Waal- Emory University
How Chimpanzees Process & Overcome Socially Negative Events
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Frederick DiBlasio- University of Maryland
Decision-based Forgiveness in Marital & Intergenerational Family Relationships
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Lindon Eaves- Virginia Commonwealth University
The Causes & Effects of Forgiveness: A Twin Family Study
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Frank Fincham- Florida State University
Forgiveness in Family Relationships
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Kenneth Hart- University of Windsor
Secular & Spiritual Forgiveness Interventions for Recovering Alcoholics: A Patient-treatment Matching Study
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David Haskell- University of the South
Forgiveness & Community: A Game of Theoretic Analysis
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Warren Jones- University of Tennessee
Assessment of Forgiveness: Psychometric, Interpersonal, & Psychophysiological Correlates
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Jennie Noll- University of Southern California
The Effects of Forgiveness on the Physical & Psychological Development of Severely Traumatized Females
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H. Wesley Perkins- Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Forgiveness, Health, and Well-Being in the Lives of Post-Collegiate Young Adults
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Caryl Rusbult- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Betrayal, Forgiveness & Reconciliation in Close Relationships
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Robert Sapolsky- Stanford University
The Emergency of a Primate Culture of Social Affiliation
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David Smith- University of Notre Dame
Challenges to Forgiveness in Marriage
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C.R. Snyder- University of Kansas
Introduction of a New Model of Forgiveness: Measurement & Intervention
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Ervin Staub- University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Healing, Forgiveness, & Reconciliation in Rwanda
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Porter Storey- Hospice at Texas Medical Center
Forgiveness at the End of Life
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June Tangney- George Mason University
Contributing to Forgiveness in Close Relationships
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Carl Thoresen- Stanford University
Psychosocial Effects of Forgiveness Training with Adults
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David Sloan Wilson- Binghamton University
Forgiveness from Evolutionary & Cross-Cultural Perspective
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Charlotte Witvliet- Hope College
Embodied Forgiveness: Empirical Studies of Cognitive Emotional & Physical Dimensions of Forgiveness-related Responses
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Peter Woodruff- University of Sheffield
Does Forgiveness Enhance Brain Activation Associated with Empathy in Victims of Assault?
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Robert Wuthnow- Princeton University
Forgiveness in Faith-Based Groups
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