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Fathers' Forgiveness as a Moderator Between Perceived Unfair Treatment by a Family of Origin Member and Anger With own Children

University of Wisconsin-Madison, lee15{at}wisc.edu

Robert D. Enright

University of Wisconsin-Madison

This study examined how forgiveness mediates and moderates between fathers' perceived unfair treatment (PUT) from a family of origin member and anger with the child (AWC). Eighty married fathers who have at least one child between the ages of 2 and 7 years individually completed the Opening Questionnaire, the Enright Forgiveness Inventory, the Family of Origin Hurt Scale, the Anger With the Child Scale, and the State Trait Anger Expression Inventory-II. The moderation analysis revealed that for 20 fathers who had been hurt by their own fathers and who indicated their son as between 2 and 7 years, forgiveness significantly moderated the relationship between PUT and AWC (p = .034). These results suggest an intergenerational gender effect of forgiveness between PUT and AWC.

Key Words: forgiveness • father • perceived unfair treatment • family of origin • anger with the child

The Family Journal, Vol. 17, No. 1, 22-31 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1066480708328474


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