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Community Mental Health Journal
Published in: Community Mental Health Journal 2/2007

01-04-2007

Further Validation of the Dutch Version of the Enright Forgiveness Inventory

Authors: Jose Orathinkal, Ph.D., Alfons Vansteenwegen, Ph.D., Robert D. Enright, Ph.D., Robert Stroobants, Ph.D.

Published in: Community Mental Health Journal | Issue 2/2007

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Abstract

This study examined the reliability, construct validity, and factor pattern of the Dutch version of the Enright Forgiveness Inventory (EFI) in a sample of 731 respondents (heterosexually married adults, 359 males and 372 females) in Belgium. The Cronbach α for EFI total (.98) and all its subscales, Positive Affect (PA) (.95), Negative Affect (NA) (.92), Positive Behaviour (PB) (.94), Negative Behaviour (NB) (.94), Positive Cognition (PC) (.95), Negative Cognition (NC) (.93) were high. The construct validity of the scale was measured by a 1-item scale. The 1-item scale proved to be positive, strong and significantly (p < .001) correlated with EFI (.73). Principal components analysis in an Initial Factor Method found a one-factor solution confirming the unidimensional structure of EFI.
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Metadata
Title
Further Validation of the Dutch Version of the Enright Forgiveness Inventory
Authors
Jose Orathinkal, Ph.D.
Alfons Vansteenwegen, Ph.D.
Robert D. Enright, Ph.D.
Robert Stroobants, Ph.D.
Publication date
01-04-2007
Published in
Community Mental Health Journal / Issue 2/2007
Print ISSN: 0010-3853
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2789
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-006-9065-4

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