Abstract:
The purpose of this research was to examine the mediating effects of empathy and rumination on the association between both anxious and avoidant attachment and trait forgiveness. Three hundred and fifty five Chulalongkorn University's undergraduate students completed a battery of questionnaires assessing their attachment styles, empathy, rumination, and trait forgiveness, presented in a random order. The multiple regression analysis shows that anxious together with avoidant attachment significantly predict trait forgiveness. Moreover, Structural equation modeling reveals that anxious as well as avoidant attachment has effects on trait forgiveness. In addition, the effect of anxious attachment on trait forgiveness is mediated by rumination only, while the effect of avoidant attachment on trait forgiveness is mediated by both empathy and rumination.