Hostility, forgiveness, and cognitive impairment over 10 years in a national sample of American adults.

Loren L ToussaintGrant S ShieldsEmily GreenKelly KennedyStephanie TraversGeorge M Slavich

Published in: Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association (2018)

Greater hostility is associated with the development of more cognitive impairment over 10 years, and being more self-forgiving appears to mitigate these hostility-related effects on cognition. Enhancing self-forgiveness may thus represent one possible strategy for promoting cognitive resilience in adulthood. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved).

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