Parting with the Past: Logical Conceptualizations and Replications of Vengefulness in Males

Parting with the Past: Logical Conceptualizations and Replications of Vengefulness in Males

Loading document ...
Page
of
Loading page ...

Author(s)

Author(s): Ian T. Jones, Chance O'Lansen, Danielle E. Deros, Megan E. Baker, Emery K. Thackerson, James W. Grice

Download Full PDF Read Complete Article

DOI: 10.18483/ijSci.2548 22 66 15-28 Volume 11 - Feb 2022

Abstract

Lin and Frank (2016) failed to replicate findings from a study on self-reflection and vengeance conducted by Exline and colleagues (2008), which reported that males who self-reflected upon their potential for wrongdoing were less likely to seek revenge than males who did not self-reflect. Using novel data methods on Lin and Frank’s data, Grice and colleagues (2017) discovered a multivariate profile that successfully differentiated between the groups of men. The present studies further assess the replicability of Exline and colleagues’ (2008) and Grice and colleagues’ (2017) work. Study 1 failed to replicate any of the findings. Studies 2 and 3 investigate explanations for the failed replications by modifying item response format. Implications and explanations for the unsuccessful replications are discussed.

Keywords

Forgiveness, Vengefulness, Perspective Taking, Interpersonal Relationships

References

  1. Carmody, P., & Gordon, K. (2011). Offender variables: Unique predictors of benevolence, avoidance, and revenge? Personality and Individual Differences, 50(7), 1012-1017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2010.12.037
  2. Exline, J. J., Baumeister, R. F., Zell, A. L., Kraft, A. J., & Witvliet, C. V. O. (2008). Not so innocent: Does seeing one’s own capability for wrongdoing predict forgiveness? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 94(3), 495–515. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.94.3.495
  3. Exline, J. J., & Zell, A. L. (2009). Empathy, self-affirmation, and forgiveness: The moderating roles of gender and entitlement. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 28(9), 1071–1099. https://doi.org/10.1521/jscp.2009.28.9.1071
  4. Faul, F., Erdfelder, E., Lang, A.-G., & Buchner, A. (2007). G*Power 3: A flexible statistical power analysis program for the social, behavioral, and biomedical sciences. Behavior Research Methods, 39, 175-191. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03193146
  5. Fehr, R., Gelfand, M. J., & Nag, M. (2010). The road to forgiveness: a meta-analytic synthesis of its situational and dispositional correlates. Psychological bulletin, 136(5), 894. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0019993
  6. Fiss, P. C. (2011). Building Better Causal Theories: A Fuzzy Set Approach to Typologies in Organization Research. Academy of Management Journal, 54(2), 393-420. https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2011.60263120
  7. Grice, J. W. (2011). Observation Oriented Modeling: Analysis of cause in the Behavioral Sciences. Academic Press.
  8. Grice, J.W., Barrett, P., Cota, L., Felix, C., Taylor, Z., Garner, S., Medellin, E., & Vest, A. (2017). Four Bad Habits of Modern Psychologists. Behavioral sciences, 7(3), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs7030053
  9. Grice, J. W., Cota, L. D., Barrett, P. T., Wuensch, K. L., & Poteat, M. (2016). A Simple and Transparent Alternative to Logistic Regression. Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 3(7), 147-165. https://doi.org/10.14738/assrj.37.2125
  10. Hook, J. N., Worthington, E. L., & Utsey, S. O. (2009). Collectivism, Forgiveness, and Social Harmony. The Counseling Psychologist, 37, 821-847. https://doi-org.argo.library.okstate.edu/10.1177/0011000008326546
  11. Hook, J. N., Worthington Jr, E. L., Utsey, S. O., Davis, D. E., & Burnette, J. L. (2012). Collectivistic self‐construal and forgiveness. Counseling and Values, 57(1), 109-124. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2161-007X.2012.00012.x
  12. Lin, S., & Frank, M. C. (2016). Replication of Exline et al. (2008, JPSP, Study 7). https://osf.io/imrx2
  13. McCullough, M. E., Bono, G., & Root, L. M. (2007). Rumination, emotion, and forgiveness: Three longitudinal studies. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92, 490–505. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.92.3.490
  14. McCullough, M. E., Fincham, F. D., & Tsang, J. A. (2003). Forgiveness, forbearance, and time: the temporal unfolding of transgression-related interpersonal motivations. Journal of personality and Social Psychology, 84(3), 540. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.84.3.540
  15. McCullough, M. E., Garth Bellah, C., Kilpatrick, S. D., & Johnson, J. L. (2001). Vengefulness: Relationships with Forgiveness, Rumination, Well-Being, and the Big Five. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 27(5), 601–610. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167201275008
  16. McCullough, M. E., & Hoyt, W. T. (2002). Transgression-Related Motivational Dispositions: Personality Substrates of Forgiveness and their Links to the Big Five. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28(11), 1556–1573. https://doi.org/10.1177/014616702237583
  17. McCullough, M.E., Rachal, K.C., Sandage, S.J., Worthington, E.L., Jr., Brown, S.W., & Hight, T.L. (1998). Interpersonal forgiving in close relationships: II. Theoretical elaboration and measurement. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 75(6), 1586-1603. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.75.6.1586
  18. McCullough, M. E., Root, L. M., & Cohen, A. D. (2006). Writing about the personal benefits of a transgression facilitates forgiveness. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 74(5), 887-897. https://doi-org.argo.library.okstate.edu/10.1037/0022-006X.74.5.887
  19. McCullough, M.E., Worthington, E.L., Jr., & Rachal, K.C.(1997). Interpersonal forgiving in close relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73(2), 321-336. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.73.2.321
  20. Mellor, D., Fung, S. W. T., & Muhammad, N. H. B. M. (2012). Forgiveness, Empathy and Gender—A Malaysian Perspective. Sex Roles, 67(1), 98–107. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-012-0144-4
  21. Mullet, E., Neto, F., & Riviere, S. (2005). Personality and its effects on resentment, revenge, forgiveness, and self-forgiveness. In E. L. Worthington (Ed.), Handbook of forgiveness (pp. 159-181). Routledge.
  22. Open Science Collaboration. (2015). Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science. Science, 349(6251), 943-951. https://science.sciencemag.org/lookup/doi/10.1126/science.aac4716
  23. Paleari, F. G., Regalia, C., & Fincham, F. (2005). Marital quality, forgiveness, empathy, and rumination: A longitudinal analysis. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31(3), 368-378. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167204271597
  24. Pearce, H., Strelan, P., & Burns, N. R. (2018). The barriers to forgiveness scale: A measure of active and reactive reasons for withholding forgiveness. Personality and Individual Differences, 134(1), 337–347. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2018.06.042
  25. Ragin, C. C. (2008). Redesigning social inquiry: Fuzzy sets and beyond. University of Chicago Press.
  26. Rey, L., & Extremera, N. (2016). Agreeableness and interpersonal forgiveness in young adults: the moderating role of gender. Terapia Psicológica, 34(2), 103–110. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-48082016000200003
  27. Rusbult, C. E., Hannon, P. A., Stocker, S. L., & Finkel, E. J. (2005). Forgiveness and relational repair. In E. L. Worthington (Ed.), Handbook of forgiveness (pp. 185-205). Routledge.
  28. Stuckless, N., & Goranson, R. (1992). The Vengeance Scale: Development of a measure of attitudes toward revenge. Journal of Social Behavior & Personality, 7(1), 25-42. https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1999.85.2.687
  29. Wills, T. A. (1981). Downward Comparison principles in social psychology. Psychological Bulletin, 90(2), 245-271. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.90.2.245
  30. Wood, J. V., Taylor, S., & Lichtman, R. (1985). Social comparison in adjustment to breast cancer. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 49(5), 1169-1183. https://doi.org/10.1037//0022-3514.49.5.1169
  31. Worthington, E. L. (2005). Handbook of forgiveness. Routledge.
  32. Worthington Jr, E. L., Lavelock, C., vanOyen Witvliet, C., Rye, M. S., Tsang, J. A., & Toussaint, L. (2015). Measures of forgiveness: Self-report, physiological, chemical, and behavioral indicators. In Measures of personality and social psychological constructs (pp. 474-502). Academic Press. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-386915-9.00017-6
  33. Ysseldyk, R., Matheson, K., & Anisman, H. (2007). Rumination: Bridging a gap between forgivingness, vengefulness, and psychological health. Personality and Individual Differences, 42(8), 1573–1584. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2006.10.032

Cite this Article:

International Journal of Sciences is Open Access Journal.
This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License.
Author(s) retain the copyrights of this article, though, publication rights are with Alkhaer Publications.

Search Articles

Issue June 2023

Volume 12, June 2023


Table of Contents



World-wide Delivery is FREE

Share this Issue with Friends:


Submit your Paper