An Exploratory Study of the Associations Between Epstein–Barr Virus Antibodies and Forgiveness Among Recipients of Relational Transgressions in the USA

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Author(s)Crowley, John P.
Author(s)Denes, Amanda
Author(s)Richards, Adam
Author(s)Whitt, Joseph
Author(s)Makos, Shana
Date Accessioned2024-12-13T19:03:59Z
Date Available2024-12-13T19:03:59Z
Publication Date2024-11-30
DescriptionThis article was originally published in Journal of Religion and Health. The version of record is available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-024-02184-4. © The Author(s) 2024. Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
AbstractForgiveness is an important component of many of the world’s religions that also has benefits for individuals’ health and relationships. Research on the health benefits of forgiveness is couched predominately in the stress and coping framework, which views forgiveness as buffering the stress associated with unforgiving feelings. This exploratory study (N = 47) elaborated on the stress and coping framework by investigating it in conversation with an evolutionary approach. Specifically, this study examined one’s own forgiveness index (i.e., the interaction of exploitation risk and relationship value) as moderating an association between forgiveness and Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) antibodies. The results indicated that forgiveness shared no significant association with EBV antibodies at low (16th percentile) levels of relationship value (b = − 11, p = .643), but shared an increasingly significant negative association at moderate (50th percentile: b = − 49, p = .038) and high (84th percentile: b = − 84, p = .009) levels, suggesting that forgiveness was more strongly linked to enhanced immune function when occurring in higher valued relationships. Implications for religion, theory, and methodological comparison are discussed.
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CitationCrowley, J.P., Denes, A., Richards, A. et al. An Exploratory Study of the Associations Between Epstein–Barr Virus Antibodies and Forgiveness Among Recipients of Relational Transgressions in the USA. J Relig Health (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-024-02184-4
ISSN1573-6571
URLhttps://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/35662
Languageen_US
PublisherJournal of Religion and Health
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywordsforgiveness
Keywordsunforgiveness
Keywordsstress and coping
Keywordsimmune health
Keywordsepstein–barr virus
Keywordsreligion
Keywordsinvestments
TitleAn Exploratory Study of the Associations Between Epstein–Barr Virus Antibodies and Forgiveness Among Recipients of Relational Transgressions in the USA
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