Study Maltby et al. (2005): study GB 2004

Public

Students, United Kingdom, 2005

Sample

Respondents

N = 244

Non Response

not reported

Assessment

Questionnaire: paper

Correlate

Authors's Label

Positive cognition

Our Classification

Error Estimates

Cronbach 's alpha for subscale: >0.93; Test retest reliability: >0.67

Remarks

Enright Forgiveness Inventory (EFI; Subkoviak et al, 1995). The inventory measures non-dispositional forgiveness of another person for a specific transgressing. For subscale see J. Orathinkal et al., Further Validation of the Dutch Version of the Enright Forgiveness Inventory in: Community Mental Health Journal, 2007, Vol.43, 109-127

Operationalization

Selfreport on following questions:
Indicate for every item a number that corresponds best with you current thoughts. I think that he/she is:
1. a decent personality
2. respectful
3. loving
4. a good person
5. nice
When considering this person:
6. I wish him/her all the best
7. I think well of him/her
8. I hope that he/she does well in his/her life
9. I hope he she will succeed in life
10.I hope she/he will find happiness.
Rated on a 6-point numerical scale of agreement-disagreement (larger values indicate a more forgiving response)

Observed Relation with Happiness