The Comparison of Forgiveness in War Veteams with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Their Wives and Normal Individuals

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The purpose of the present study was the comparison of forgiveness in war veterans with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), their wives and normal individuals. For investigation of research variables a number of 25 PTSD patients from the population of war veterans Tabriz city, 25 subjects of PTSD patients wives and 25 normal subjects was chosen through convenience sampling procedures. The subjects completed Mullet Forgiveness Questionnarie (FQ). The gathered data is analyzed by SPSS and descriptive statistic indexs, and Multivariate Analysis of variance (MANOVA). The results showed that lasting resentment of Forgiveness Components scores were higher, and Tending to forgiveness of Forgiveness Components scores lower, among PTSD patient than among patients wives and normal individuals. Too tending to forgiveness of Forgiveness Components in Sensitivity to circumstances of Forgiveness Components.

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