1. Bright side of the MAOA-uVNTR on trait and situational forgiveness.
- Author
-
Gong P, Zhang J, Liu J, He L, and Guo W
- Subjects
- Humans, Male, Genotype, Aggression, Phenotype, Adaptation, Psychological, Monoamine Oxidase genetics, Forgiveness
- Abstract
The stress-and-coping theory of forgiveness posits that forgiveness and aggression are alternative ways of coping with stress of interpersonal offences. Inspired by the link between aggression and MAOA-uVNTR (a genetic variant involving in catabolism of monoamines), we investigated the relationship between this variant and forgiveness with two studies. Study 1 examined the relationship between the MAOA-uVNTR and trait forgiveness in students, and study 2 examined the effect of this variant on third-party forgiveness in response to situational offences in male inmates. The results showed that the MAOA-H (a high activity allele) was associated with higher trait forgiveness in male students and greater third-party forgiveness to accidentally committed harm and attempted but failed harm in male inmates than the MAOA-L. These findings highlight the bright side of MAOA-uVNTR on trait and situational forgiveness., Competing Interests: Conflict of Interest The authors declared that they had no conflicts of interest concerning their authorship or the publication of this article., (Copyright © 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
- Published
- 2023
- Full Text
- View/download PDF