But Do They Work? A Meta-Analysis of Group Interventions to Promote Forgiveness

When people are seriously hurt by others, they often seek help from profes-sional or friendship helpers to resolve the problems these hurts create. Sev-eral models of explicit forgiveness-promoting interventions from a variety of perspectives have been explored experimentally (see Table 26.1). Are such interventions effective at promoting forgiveness? If so, what are the active ingredients of these interventions?