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KMID : 0607319980070020325
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Journal of Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
1998 Volume.7 No. 2 p.325 ~ p.332
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Concept Analysis of Forgiveness
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Lee Kyung-Soon
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Abstract
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The concept of forgiveness was analyzed by Walker and Avant’s method to make a theoretical framework for nursing.
As the result of concept analysis, ’voluntariness’, ’reciprocality’, ’hurt’, ’healing’, ’working of divine power’, and ’elapse of time’ were identified as the essential elements and characteristics of forgiveness.
’Voluntariness’ includes voluntary act, choice or decision making to deal with the past events. ’Reciprocality’ indicates the mutual, not unidirectional, attitute or reaction. ’Hurt’ means a kind of emotional pain or suffering caused by one person to another. ’Healing’ means cure of emotional pain or suffering. ’Working of divine power’ indicates that it is not possible to solve the problem only by his/her own power, but through God’s help. ’Elapse of time’ means that it needs much of time to solve the problem.
Further research is needed to develop forgiveness scale.
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KEYWORD
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Forgiveness, Concept analysis
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