A study of forgiveness and empathy: A gender difference

Pages:173-177
Savitri B. Marigoudar and Shanmukh V. Kamble (Department of Psychology, Karnatak University, Dharwad, Karnataka )

The present study is carried out with the purpose of investigating the difference between male and female post-graduate students on forgiveness and empathy. One hundred and five post-graduate students were randomly chosen from social science departments of Karnatak University, Dharwad. Decisional and Emotional Forgiveness Scale developed by Worthington, Jr et al. (2007) and Batson’s Empathy Adjectives developed by Batson et al. (1986) were used to measure forgiveness and empathy of the sample group. The results revealed that female post-graduate students found to have higher forgiveness and empathy compared to male post-graduate students. Further, the study also revealed that there is a significant positive correlation between forgiveness and empathy. Revealed results will give a prevailing picture of the status, in terms of students needs and through REACH therapy these students will be benefited for their personal and career growth.