The Association between Forgiveness and Life Satisfaction

Abstract

: This study's objective is to investigate whether there is a relationship between dispositional forgiveness and life satisfaction at working young adulthood in Indonesia. According to Thompson et al. (2005), there are three forms or dimensions of dispositional forgiveness: Self-forgiveness, Other-forgiveness, and Situation-forgiveness. While life satisfaction is the cognitive process of an individual's subjective evaluation of one's entire life, and it is an indicator of one's well-being. Previous studies have shown that both forgiveness and life satisfaction associated with social and cultural factors. The instruments to measure forgiveness and life satisfaction were Heartland Forgiveness Scale (HFS) and SWLS (Satisfaction with Life Scale). Convenient sampling was the sampling technique to collect data from 167 participants. They were males and females who in the young adulthood stage, and live in Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi (Jabodetabek region). The result shows a significant positive correlation between forgiveness and life satisfaction. Where Self-forgiveness and Situation-forgiveness highly significant with life satisfaction, while Other-forgiveness moderately significant with life satisfaction.