Authors

David Sancho Cantus1, Marian Betí Hidalgo2, María Cuerda Ballester3

Position

¹Doctor. Facultad de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir. Valencia (España) ²Grado en Enfermería. Facultad de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir. Valencia (España) ³Máster. Hospital Politécnico Universitario La Fe. Valencia (España)

Contact address

David Sancho Cantus. Facultad de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir. Avda. Poeta Bernat Montagud, s/

Contact email: david.sancho@ucv.es

Abstract

Objective: to analyse the forgiveness and gratitude constructs as predictors of psychological wellbeing.

Method: a narrative review was conducted, through bibliographic review in the following databases: Pubmed, ScienceDirect, Biblioteca Virtual de Salud, Scielo and Embase. Period: From December 2020 to March 2021. The terms used in the search were: “psychological wellbeing”, “forgiveness”, “gratitude”. Original articles, in English or Spanish.

Results: in total, 284 articles were retrieved, and eight articles were selected out of these. Gratitude and forgiveness are correlated with psychological wellbeing, although few studies have examined the mechanism through which gratitude has these beneficial effects. Regarding forgiveness, different authors suggest that there is benefit mostly for the person granting it, rather than for the person receiving it.

Conclusions: gratitude interventions provide a new psychological dimension to search for ways of reducing stress and improving the psychological wellbeing of people, and they can be useful as a therapy to promote psychological health.

Keywords:

Forgiveness; gratitude; psychological wellbeing; positive psychology

Versión en Español

Título:

Perdón y gratitud como predictores de bienestar psicológico