Forgiveness, Anger, and Emotional Support among University-going Students in Bangladesh

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of anger level and emotional support on the forgiveness of university students in Bangladesh. To achieve this end, 157 university-going students were selected as the sample. There were 85 males and 72 females. The Bangla version of the Anger and Emotional Support scale (AAS), the Bangla version of the Level of Anger scale (LAS), and the Bangla version of the Tendency to Forgive scale (TTFS) were used for data collection. Independent sample t-test, Pearson product-moment correlations, and multiple regression were carried out to see the relationship between emotional support and the level of anger with the tendency to forgive. No significant difference was found between males and females for the three variables. Correlational analysis indicated that the correlation of forgiveness with emotional support was positively significant, and with the level of anger was negatively significant. Again, multiple regressions indicated that both anger and emotional support can influence the tendency to forgive in life, but the level of anger had a more significant effect. Mediation Analysis suggested that emotional support partially mediates the relationship between anger and forgiveness