Orathinkal Article Analysis

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Orathinkal Article Critique Forgiveness Rebecca Castille Liberty University Orathinkal Article Critique Forgiveness Marriage is a sacred institution and should be protected at all cost. Forgiveness is a major construct necessary of the protection of this sacred institution. Scripture instructs people to forgive “be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you” (Ephesians 4:32, ESV). Forgiveness is necessary in relationships in order be forgiven “for if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses” (Matthew 6:14-15, ESV). No one is perfect. In order for marriages…show more content…
160). This is an important statement in understanding the attributes and difference between forgiveness and reconciliation in validating the hypothesis that understanding there is ample evidence that forgiveness is therapeutically effective and beneficial for use in counseling and relationship therapy of married adults (Orathinkal et al., 2008). The conclusion ends with support that the research will “stimulate more theoretical and empirical research on the conceptual clarity of forgiveness and related terms”…show more content…
The first question; have the actual items and questions (or at least a sample) been provided? The researchers Orathinkal et al., (2008) provided questions to the participants and note this with a statement that “participants prior to the study completed the EFI” (p.157). In addition they provided a sampling of the questions provided to the participants. One of questions is “forgiveness as part of martial life” (p. 157). The response was that “90% of total respondents either agree or strongly agree with this statement” (p. 157). The research then provided a second sample question is “forgiveness something freely given” (p. 157). The response was “50% of respondents either disagree or strongly disagree” (p. 157). The final sample question is “I expect my partner to say sorry before I forgive” (p. 157). The response to this question was similar in that “50% of respondents either disagree or strongly disagree” (p. 157). In addition the researcher through the use of a table provides a list of all questions asked of the participants. Based upon this information according to the measures established by Pyrczak, (2013) the researcher met the criteria with a very satisfactory rate of

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