Between friends: Forgiveness, unforgiveness, and wrongdoing in same-sex friendships

Friendships fulfill needs for intimacy, belonging, and support yet have rarely been the focus of forgiveness research. In this study, we explored forgiveness, unforgiveness, young adults’ experiences transgressions in same-sex friendships ( N = 407). Our results suggest that, although unforgiveness share important antecedents (e.g., apology status, perceived remorse, barriers to forgiveness), they are nevertheless empirically distinct constructs, both worthy further investigation friendships. For example, predicted unique variance current friendship status controlling forgiveness. We discuss several lessons learned from our study about nature responses wrongdoing among friends even when forgiven, offenses may cause longstanding changes people’s views their offending friends).