INTRODUCTION To follow the progress of technology and increasing domain of nurses' duties, ethical challenges can be observed more than ever. Therefore, the growing and dynamic system of nursing requires nurses with professional and ethical competence who can provide optimal care. The aim of the present study was to define and explain dimensions of moral competency among the clinical nurses of ...

Free will (if any) may be lost because of fear and our dependence on others. In this paper, we develop cognitive models to support this argument. We do not describe what free will is but what free will is not. Our results indicate that moral responsibility is reversed and society is at fault. We argue that judgment (by society) is similar to pouring gasoline on fire, and forgiveness is the only...

Successful positive psychology counseling for increasing well-being and decreasing depression have often focused on clients reflecting about their experiences of forgiveness, gratitude, or hope. Would reflecting on experiences of beauty also decrease depressive symptoms? A quasiexperimental group logged biweekly reflections on natural, artistic, and moral beauty for 10 weeks; two comparison gro...

• Affirmed violated values led to increased shame, increasing self-forgiveness. • This process led to increased reconciliation and self-trust. • Belonging and unrelated value affirmation did not show these effects. • This model was shown across two intervention studies with one week follow-up. • The model shows lagged effects of self-forgiveness on restoration. a b s t r a c t a r t i c l e i n...

Twenty-five percent of women in the United States will report some form of intimate partner violence (IPV) within their lifetimes (Mac, Ferron, & Crosby, 2009). At these rates, IPV has become an epidemic, touching the lives of most people. The effects of lPV on victim's physical and psychological health may be severe and chronic (Weaver & Clum, 1995). Finding potent therapy approaches with this...

S FOR LISTED 2008 EMPIRICAL PUBLICATIONS (ONLY FIRST AUTHOR LISTED UNLESS MULTIPLE ARTICLES BY SAME FIRST AUTHOR) Note: In press abstracts not included Allemand The present study examined age differences in forgivingness, defined as an enduring tendency to forgive others. Building on the theory of socioemotional selectivity, the study aimed at clarifying the role of future time perspective and ...