[TimorLesteStudies] Publication: Intergroup Forgiveness: East Timorese and Angolan Perspectives

Jennifer Drysdale jenster at cres10.anu.edu.au
Tue Oct 16 09:27:05 EST 2007


Via ETAN:

>Journal of Peace Research, Vol. 44, No. 6, 711-728 (2007)
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>DOI: 10.1177/0022343307082067
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>© 2007 International Peace Research Institute, Oslo
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>Intergroup Forgiveness: East Timorese and Angolan Perspectives
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>Félix Neto
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>Faculty of Psychology, University of Porto
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>Maria Da Conceiçao Pinto
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>Faculty of Psychology, University of Porto
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>Etienne Mullet
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>Institute for Advanced Studies (EPHE), 
><mailto:etienne.mullet at wanadoo.fr>etienne.mullet at wanadoo.fr
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>The present study is a survey on intergroup 
>forgiveness conducted among people from East 
>Timor and Angola, most of whom have been 
>personally touched by the various conflicts 
>affecting their countries. Only one of the two 
>aspects of intergroup forgiveness was assessed: 
>granting forgiveness. A sample of 354 East 
>Timorese adults was presented with a 
>questionnaire addressing the meaningfulness of 
>intergroup forgiveness and possible conceptions 
>about granting intergroup forgiveness. Using 
>exploratory factor analysis, an eight-factor 
>model was derived from the participants' 
>responses. Using confirmatory factor analysis, 
>this model was subsequently tested on a sample 
>of 250 Angolan adults. In both samples, a large 
>majority of participants agreed with the idea 
>that a group of people can forgive another group 
>of people. Furthermore, the model derived from 
>the East Timorese data also fitted the data from 
>the Angolan sample: in both samples, the 
>participants appeared to have articulated 
>conceptions on what could define an intergroup 
>granting of forgiveness. Specifically, a 
>majority of participants agreed with the idea 
>that (a) the aim of this process is 
>reconciliation and that intergroup forgiveness 
>is not strictly conditional on adequate 
>reparation or compensation, and (b) this process 
>must be democratic; in other words, granting 
>forgiveness should be decided by a majority, and 
>only then could forgiveness be granted on behalf of the whole community.
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