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Concept analysis of forgiveness with a multi-cultural emphasis
Ann Gentry Recine1, Joan Stehle Werner, Louis Recine
1Adult Health Nursing, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI, USA. recineac@uwec.edu
Journal of Advanced Nursing
|July 14, 2007
Summary
This concept analysis defines forgiveness as relinquishing negative responses and replacing them with benevolent ones over time. A multicultural perspective highlights its role in group harmony and fostering understanding.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Science
- Psychology
- Sociology
Background:
- Growing global interest and funding for forgiveness research across disciplines.
- Limited nursing scholarship on forgiveness, necessitating conceptual and theoretical development.
- Need for nursing-focused inquiry into the clinically relevant concept of forgiveness.
Purpose of the Study:
- To conduct a concept analysis of forgiveness.
- To define forgiveness and explore its attributes and implications.
- To examine forgiveness from an international, multicultural perspective.
Main Methods:
- Searched CINAHL, Medline, and PsycInfo databases (1990-2007).
- Utilized a non-linear, evolutionary concept analysis process.
- Included 34 scholarly works from diverse disciplines, with an exemplar.
Main Results:
- Defined forgiveness as a process of relinquishing negative responses and replacing them with benevolent ones over time.
- Identified multicultural attributes of forgiveness, emphasizing group harmony and re-establishing connections.
- Highlighted the moral dimension of considering others worthy of love and understanding.
Conclusions:
- A multicultural understanding of forgiveness can drive theory development and research in nursing.
- This analysis provides a foundation for educating nurses on forgiveness interventions.
- Further nursing scholarship is needed to integrate forgiveness into clinical practice.
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