Incorporating the Developmental Considerations in a Proposed Forgiveness Education Intervention for Suicidal Adolescents
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Risk Factors in Different Developmental Domains of Suicidal Adolescents
3. Psychological Pain in Suicidal Adolescents
4. Risk Factors in Different Developmental Contexts of Suicidal Adolescents
5. Targeting Psychological Pain with Forgiveness Education Intervention
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Phase of Forgiving | Cognition (Thinking) | Emotion (Feelings) | Behavior (Actions) |
---|---|---|---|
Uncovering Phase | Identify the injustice | ||
Acknowledge the feelings | Anger, sadness, etc. | ||
Decision Phase | Learn what forgiveness is vs. is not | Refrained behaviors: not to harm the offender, self, or others. | |
Consider forgiveness as an alternative | Mixture of feelings of anger, sadness, confusion, happiness… | ||
Work Phase |
| Empathy (feeling the same feelings as another person) | Refrained behaviors: not to harm the offender, self, or others. |
See the other person’s pain | Sympathy (we feel sorry for a person) | ||
Willing to suffer with the person | Compassion (feeling to suffer with the one who caused the hurt) | ||
| Agape love (loving feeling toward someone who may seem unlovable and undeserving of the love) | ||
Deepening Phase |
| Agape love (loving feeling toward someone who may seem unlovable and undeserving of the love) | Expressive behaviors: kind, respectful, generous thoughts, words, and actions towards the offender, or even reach out to help |
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Wang Xu, J.; Huang, S.-T.T.; Enright, R.D. Incorporating the Developmental Considerations in a Proposed Forgiveness Education Intervention for Suicidal Adolescents. Educ. Sci. 2024, 14, 925. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14090925
Wang Xu J, Huang S-TT, Enright RD. Incorporating the Developmental Considerations in a Proposed Forgiveness Education Intervention for Suicidal Adolescents. Education Sciences. 2024; 14(9):925. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14090925
Chicago/Turabian StyleWang Xu, Jiahe, Shih-Tseng Tina Huang, and Robert D. Enright. 2024. "Incorporating the Developmental Considerations in a Proposed Forgiveness Education Intervention for Suicidal Adolescents" Education Sciences 14, no. 9: 925. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14090925