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. 2021 Aug 6;61(4):2819–2837. doi: 10.1007/s10943-021-01369-5

Table 3.

Indirect effects of affective variables on forgivingness moderated by gender

Moderating role of gender Indirect effects
Predictors Outcomes B SE ∆R2 F LLCI ULCI
Positive affect Total forgiveness  − .114 .108 .002 1.115  − .327 .098
Positive forgiveness (P-scale)  − .024 .062 .000 .153  − .145 .097
P-self  − .018 .028 .001 .391  − .073 .038
P-others  − .011 .028 .000 .154  − .067 .044
P-situations .005 .026 .000 .029  − .047 .056
Reduction of unforgiveness (N-scale)  − .090 .087 .002 1.080  − .260 .080
N-self .003 .041 .000 .007  − .077 .083
N-others  − .045 .034 .003 1.760  − .112 .022
N-situations  − .048 .035 .003 1.882  − .118 .021
Negative affect Total forgiveness  − .011 .097 .000 .012  − .200 .179
Positive forgiveness (P-scale) .063 .059 .002 1.141  − .053 .179
P-self .010 .027 .000 .149  − .042 .062
P-others  − .006 .027 .000 .042  − .059 .048
P-situations .058 .025 .009 5.339 .009 .108
Reduction of unforgiveness (N-scale)  − .074 .077 .001 .911  − .225 .078
N-self  − .035 .038 .001 .845  − .108 .039
N-others  − .044 .032 .003 1.874  − .107 .019
N-situations .005 .030 .000 .026  − .054 .064
Anxiety Total forgiveness .187 .108 .004 2.997  − .025 .399
Positive forgiveness (P-scale) .105 .069 .004 2.306  − .031 .240
P-self .017 .031 .001 .287  − .044 .078
P-others .036 .032 .002 1.297  − .026 .098
P-situations .052 .029 .005 3.147  − .006 .109
Reduction of unforgiveness (N-scale) .082 .086 .001 .916  − .087 .251
N-self .000 .042 .000 .000  − .083 .083
N-others .005 .037 .000 .018  − .068 .078
N-situations .077 .034 .006 5.201 .011 .144
Emotional control – total score Total forgiveness .244 .113 .007 4.634 .021 .466
Positive forgiveness (P-scale) .081 .065 .003 1.569  − .046 .209
P-self  − .004 .029 .000 .020  − .061 .053
P-others .039 .029 .003 1.746  − .019 .097
P-situations .047 .027 .005 2.919  − .007 .100
Reduction of unforgiveness (N-scale) .162 .088 .005 3.420  − .010 .335
N-self .063 .042 .004 2.291  − .019 .144
N-others .013 .034 .000 .145  − .054 .081
N-situations .087 .036 .009 5.947 .017 .156
Control of anger Total forgiveness .293 .254 .002 1.333  − .206 .792
Positive forgiveness (P-scale) .109 .146 .001 .557  − .178 .395
P-self .016 .065 .000 .057  − .112 .143
P-others .016 .066 .000 .059  − .114 .146
P-situations .077 .061 .003 1.588  − .043 .198
Reduction of unforgiveness (N-scale) .184 .195 .002 .891  − .199 .568
N-self .018 .092 .000 .037  − .163 .198
N-others .007 .077 .000 .008  − .145 .159
N-situations .161 .079 .006 4.130 .005 .317
Control of depression Total forgiveness .208 .287 .001 .526  − .355 .770
Positive forgiveness (P-scale) .101 .166 .001 .368  − .226 .427
P-self  − .055 .074 .001 .557  − .201 .090
P-others .055 .075 .001 .538  − .093 .203
P-situations .101 .0702 .003 2.091  − .036 .238
Reduction of unforgiveness (N-scale) .107 .222 .000 .233  − .329 .543
N-self .077 .105 .001 .539  − .129 .284
N-others  − .033 .088 .000 .141  − .205 .139
N-situations .063 .090 .001 .494  − .114 .241
Control of anxiety Total forgiveness .787 .257 .015 9.343 .281 1.292
Positive forgiveness (P-scale) .225 .146 .004 2.365  − .062 .512
P-self .004 .065 .000 .004  − .124 .132
P-others .140 .066 .007 4.521  − .011 .270
P-situations .081 .062 .003 1.713  − .040 .201
Reduction of unforgiveness (N-scale) .562 .201 .013 7.827 .168 .957
N-self .230 .094 .010 5.973 .045 .415
N-others .086 .078 .002 1.231  − .066 .239
N-situations .246 .082 .014 8.966 .085 .407