Forgivingness, Forgivability, and Relationship-Specific Effects in Responses to Transgressions in Indian Families

To advance understanding of conflict in families, responses to interpersonal transgressions were obtained from the perspective of the victim (transgression-related interpersonal motivations [TRIMs]) and transgressor (perceived transgression-related interpersonal motivations [PTRIMs]) in a sample of Indian families (N= 101). Mother, father, and a 12to 14-year-old daughter indicated how he or she typically responds to transgressions by each of the other two family members, and how the two other family members perceived motivations toward the respondent following interpersonal transgressions. Social relations modeling showed strong actor effects for TRIMs and PTRIMs for all family members. Partner effects and relationship effects were appreciable for children but largely absent for mothers and fathers. Agreeableness and neuroticism