Sokur A. Proneness to forgiveness as a personal coping resource.

The dissertation presents an approach to the conceptualization of proneness to forgiveness as a personal coping resource. A process of forgiveness is conceptualized as a multifunctional coping strategy. The mechanisms of the impact of proneness to forgiveness on successful coping are analyzed. The statement that forgiveness is based on psychological maturity is justified. It is empirically demonstrated that the groups of subjects formed with reference to the differences in the proneness to forgiveness appeared to differ in their choices of coping strategy types as well as in the levels of their well-being. The individuals with higher level of proneness to forgiveness demonstrated higher frequency of resorting to the planful problem solving, positive reappraisal of the situation and proactive coping. They are also characterized by a lower level of the emotion-focused coping, distancing, accepting responsibility, lower tendency to escape-avoidance, and a lower proneness to self-handicapping. The participants with a higher level of forgiveness manifest higher levels of psychological, subjective, and social well-being as well as a higher level of the mental health continuum.