Rea, Vivienne (2008) Dispositional Forgiveness and Parental bonding as Predictors of Family Loneliness. Honours thesis, University of Southern Queensland. (Unpublished)
Abstract
The aims of this study were to investigate the relationship between dispositional forgiveness, parental bonding, and family loneliness and to examine the contributions of dispositional forgiveness and parental bonding to the prediction of family loneliness. Participants were 138 respondents (50 male, 85 female), 18 years and older, living in Australia. The Heartland Forgiveness Scale (HFS) was used to assess participants’ levels of dispositional forgiveness (Thompson et al., 2005). The Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI) was used to assess individuals’ perceptions of their parents rearing behaviour (i.e., care and overprotection; Parker, Tupling, & Brown, 1979). The family subscale of the short version of the Social and Emotional Loneliness Scale for Adults (SELSA-S) was used to assess participants feelings of loneliness within the family domain (DiTommaso, Brannen, & Best, 2004). These three measures were included in a paper-based questionnaire package completed by participants. Pearson product-moment correlations revealed a number of significant relationships. Family loneliness was negatively correlated with optimal bonding (i.e., high care, low overprotection) and dispositional forgiveness (i.e., forgiveness of self, others, and situations) and optimal bonding was positively correlated with dispositional forgiveness. Hierarchical multiple regression revealed that while parental bonding variables predicted family loneliness, only mother care made a unique contribution to the prediction. The regression also showed that once the parental bonding variables were in the equation, forgiveness did not add significantly to the prediction of family loneliness. Future research could investigate mediation models with family loneliness, parental bonding, and dispositional forgiveness and also explore differences between cultural background and family situations.
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| Item Type: | Thesis (Non-Research) (Honours) |
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| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Sciences - Department of Psychology (Up to 30 Jun 2013) |
| Supervisors: | Nola Passmore |
| Qualification: | Bachelor of Science (Honours) |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Nov 2025 01:55 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Nov 2025 01:55 |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1799 Other Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5299 Other psychology > 529999 Other psychology not elsewhere classified |
| URI: | https://sear.unisq.edu.au/id/eprint/52686 |
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