Relation of Parent and Peer Attachment and Forgiveness: The Mediating Role of Emotional Maturation

The aim of this study is to investigate the mediating role of emotional maturity in the relation of parent and peer attachment and forgiveness. Participants are 280 (174 girls and 106 boys) students of Shiraz University which were selected using the multistage cluster sampling method. Data collection tools consisted of the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (Armesden & Greenberg, 1987), Thompson Scale (2005) and the Emotional Maturity Scale (Singh & Bhargava, 1974). The reliability and validity of the instruments are measured using Cronbach’s alpha and factor analysis, respectively, all yielding a desirable reliability and validity. Structural equation modeling is used to evaluate the model. the results of the survey indicate that parent attachment predicts forgiveness both directly and indirectly through components of emotional maturity. Parent and peer attachment predicts forgiveness through emotional maturity. Conclusively, results of this study showed that emotional relation with significant people in life had an important effect on the forgiveness through emotional maturity.