Forgiving the self and physical and mental health correlates: a meta-analytic review.

Davis DE, Ho MY, Griffin BJ, Bell C, Hook JN, Van Tongeren DR, DeBlaere C, Worthington EL, Westbrook CJ

Journal of counseling psychology · April 1, 2015

Self-forgiveness has been conceptualized as a coping strategy that may improve health and well-being. For physical health, across 18 samples and 5,653 participants, the correlation was .32. For psychological well-being, across 65 samples and 17,939 participants, the correlation was .45. Implications for future basic and applied research on self-forgiveness are discussed.

PMID: 25867697 · DOI: 10.1037/cou0000063