Forgiveness And Family Environment Essay

ANALYSIS OF RESULT
The aim of the research was to study the difference between Family Environment and Forgiveness among adolescents. The study was conducted on 100 adolescents (50 Male and 50 Female) in age range of 12 to 18. Two scales namely Family Environment Scale (Rudolf H. Moos and Bernice S. Moos, Indian adaptation by Sanjay Vohra.) and The Heartland Forgiveness Scale (Laura Y. Thompson and C.R. Synder) were used to collect data. The results of the study are listed below.

Section 1
Demographic Data:
The demographic data was computed in percentages for gender and age. Figure 1: Gender distribution of adolescents

Figure 1 shows that there were 50% males (n=50) and 50% females (n=50) in the study.

Figure 2: Age distribution of adolescents

The objective of the study was to examine and compare the family environment of adolescents and assess its relationship with forgiveness. To assess the family environment parameters (competitive framework, cohesion, expression, independence, moral Orientation, organization, recreational orientation) The family environment scale was employed and to evaluate the forgiveness level (forgiveness of self, forgiveness of others, forgiveness of situations) the heartland Forgiveness Scale was used. The study was conducted on adolescents in the age group of 12- 18 years and the sample size was 100 (50 males and 50 females).

It was hypothesised that there will be significant relationship between parameters of family environment and forgiveness. Results indicated that the dimensions of forgiveness and family environment are significant with some of the dimensions and non-significant with others. The dimensions of the Forgiveness Scale are:

Forgiveness of Self: forgiveness to self means letting go of the past and the mistakes we did and not keeping the guilt with us and keep on cursing for the wrong deed or