Anger Rumination and its Correlation with Forgiveness Likelihood of University Students

Abstract

The current study aims at finding correlation between anger rumination and forgiveness likelihood of university students. To achieve this aim, the researcher translated anger rumination scale of Sukhodolsky et al (2001)and forgiveness likelihood scale of Ray et al (2001).The psychometric properties have been computed for two scales. The two scales applied on a sample of university students which is consists of (280) male and female students. The study found that sample members have mild degree of anger rumination, and they have neither after thoughts nor thoughts of revenge. They possess high degree of angry memories and understanding of causes. It is also found that university students have no forgiveness likelihood with others. The study didn’t achieve a correlation between the study main two variables. The researcher presents a set of recommendations and suggestions.