Letting Go 2023 by Geoffrey Sutton & Bing |
Assessment
name: Attitudes
Toward Forgiveness Scale (ATFS)
Scale
overview: The
Attitudes Toward Forgiveness Scale is a 6-item measure of a person’s attitudes
toward forgiveness.
Author: Ryan P. Brown
Response
Type: 7-point
rating scale of agreement from 1 = strongly disagree to 7 = strongly agree.
Sample Scale
items
“I believe that forgiveness is a moral
virtue.”
“It is admirable to be a forgiving person.”
Psychometric
properties
Hall,
Edwards, and Wang (2016) used the ATFS in a survey of college students. They
omitted item 6 and reported Cronbach’s alpha of .69 for the other five items.
Read more: The Psychology of Forgiveness
Availability:
Find the
full list of 6 items in the 2003 PsycTESTS reference.
Reference
for the scale
Brown, R. P. (2003). Attitudes
Toward Forgiveness Scale [Database record]. Retrieved from PsycTESTS.
doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/t09596-000
Brown, R. P. (2003). Measuring
individual differences in the tendency to
forgive: Construct validity and
links with depression. Personality and
Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 759 –771.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/
0146167203029006008
Hall,
T. W., Edwards, E., & Wang, D. C. (2016). The spiritual development of
emerging adults over the college years: A 4-year longitudinal
investigation. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 8(3),
206–217. https://doi.org/10.1037/rel0000051
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Post Author
Geoffrey W. Sutton PhD is
Emeritus Professor of Psychology who publishes book and articles about clinical
and social psychology including the psychology of religion. Website: www.suttong.com
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