Relationship between interpersonal forgiveness and interpersonal disturbance among college students

ObjectiveTo investigate the relationship between interpersonal forgiveness and interpersonal disturbance among college students in Changchun city,Jilin province.MethodsChinese-Mullet forgiveness questionnaire and interpersonal relationship diagnostic scale were administered to 492 college students in two colleges in Changchun city,Jilin province.ResultsThe forgiveness score of 56.1% of college students were higher than the average forgiveness score(195.24±35.98).There were statistical differences in the scores between different sex and different grade(P<0.01).The average score of interpersonal disturbance of the students was 9.45±4.97.Among the students,57.90% had interpersonal disturbance,in which 70.53% of the students had mild interpersonal disturbance and 29.47% had serious interpersonal disturbance;76.10% of the students had interpersonal disturbance when talking with others;84.20% of the students had interpersonal disturbance in making friends;40.00% of the students had interpersonal disturbance for treating others in proper way; 61.80% of the students had interpersonal disturbance in getting along with opposite gender.There were statistical differences in different sex and different residential place(P<0.05)in interpersonal disturbance among the students.There were obviously negative correlations between forgiveness and interpersonal disturbance and four aspects of interpersonal disturbance among the college students(r=-0.204,-0.175,-0.121,-0.179,-0.130,P<0.01 for all).ConclusionForgiveness influences interpersonal disturbance among college students.