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Las razones para perdonar. Concepciones populares o teorías implícitas

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Data gathered on adolescents and adults from general population, living in Buenos Aires City and its suburban area, as well as on prison inmates and theology students (N: 1715) are presented. Participants answered an open question: Is important for you to be able to forgive? Yes. No. Why? Subjects mostly admit that to forgive is important for them. For theology students forgiveness is a central theme of Christian thinking. A religious dimension is also present among prison inmates who are the only group that relates to forgive with loving someone. For younger people forgiveness allows to have  a second chance after making something wrong and facilitates feelings of inner peace. Men show a tendency to forgive in order to forget and being able to go on living as well as to achieve better social relationships; for women, it is necessary to forgive in order to be forgiven and forgiving is a characteristic related to intelligence.