The document discusses three types of forgiveness: direct, indirect, and conditional. It notes that a study found indirect forgiveness was most common overall, but conditional forgiveness was more common in dating relationships. The document aims to explain different ways people approach forgiveness in interpersonal relationships.

1. Cole Connor
July 16’th, 2012

2. Have you ever wondered…
What is forgiveness?

3. YES?! WELL,

4. • There are 3 types
of forgiveness.

5. 1. DIRECT FORGIVENESS

7. 2. INDIRECT FORGIVENESS

9. • 3. Conditional Forgiveness
On Condition

10. Forgiving, but with a condition or stipulation
Like making someone sleep on the
couch maybe?

11. So WHO
forgives or is
faced with
forgiveness?

12. At some point in
everyone’s life, we are all
faced with the choice of
forgiving someone or
something, but we all
choose to forgive in a
different way.

14. So what have people disagreed on in the
field of forgiveness in interpersonal
relationships?

17. For example, in a study conducted by Andy
Merolla, the results showed that indirect
forgiveness was the most common followed
by direct then conditional, but the interesting
part was that conditional was the most
common in dating relationships….
HMMM…

18. So yeah…
That was my PowerPoint. I hope you
enjoyed it and didn’t fall asleep or get
distracted. But if you did, I FORGIVE you.

19. CREDITS
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Example:
Merolla, A. J. (2008). Communicating Forgiveness in Friendships and Dating Relationships. Communication Studies, 59
(2), 114 – 131. doi: 10.1080/10510970802062428.