13. Questions et items du questionnaire (Scale Items)
Voici les items originaux de l’échelle tels que publiés dans les études psychométriques de référence, sans modification ni traduction, afin de préserver la validité et la fidélité de l’instrument :
Instructions / Directions: In the following pages, please read each statement carefully and then indicate how much each statement is typically true of you.
Response Scale: 7-point Likert scale (1 = Almost Always False of Me, 2 = More Often False of Me, 3 = More False Than True of Me, 4 = Equally True and False of Me, 5 = More True Than False of Me, 6 = More Often True of Me, 7 = Almost Always True of Me)
Scoring / Reverse Items: Items 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, and 17 are reverse-scored (1=7, 2=6, 3=5, 4=4, 5=3, 6=2, 7=1).
Subscales:
– Forgiveness of Self: Items 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
– Forgiveness of Others: Items 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
– Forgiveness of Situations: Items 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
Total HFS score is the sum of all 18 items (higher scores indicate higher levels of dispositional forgiveness).
Subscales:
– Forgiveness of Self: Items 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
– Forgiveness of Others: Items 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
– Forgiveness of Situations: Items 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
Total HFS score is the sum of all 18 items (higher scores indicate higher levels of dispositional forgiveness).
1
Although I feel bad at first when I mess up, over time I can get over it.
2
I hold grudges against myself for negative things I've done.
3
I eventually make peace with bad things I've done.
4
It is really hard for me to accept myself once I've messed up.
5
With time, I am understanding of myself for having made mistakes.
6
I don't stop criticizing myself for negative things I've done.
7
I continue to treat a person who has done something bad to me even after he/she has apologized.
8
Although others have hurt me, I am eventually able to see them as good people.
9
If others mistreat me, I continue to think badly of them.
10
When someone disappoints me, I can eventually move past it.
11
When other people hurt me, I find it very difficult to forgive them.
12
I eventually let go of negative thoughts about people who have hurt me.
13
When things go wrong that I can't control, I can't seem to stop feeling angry.
14
With time, I can accept things that happened to me even if they were bad.
15
When bad things happen to me, it takes me a long time to get over them.
16
Eventually I am able to let go of bad feelings about negative events in my life.
17
It takes me a long time to accept bad things that happen to me in life.
18
When things happen that are beyond my control, I eventually make peace with them.