Abstract

The purpose of this research is to examine the relationships between humility and forgivingness. The participants were 346 university students. The Heartland Forgiveness Scale and Humility Scale were used as measures. Humility has four dimensions; openness, self-forgetfulness, modest self-assessment, focus on others. The relationships between forgiveness and humility were investigated using correlation analysis and structural equation modeling (SEM) with AMOS. According to the results, humility and dimension of it were related positively to forgiveness, it was predicted positively by dimensions of humility.  The results were discussed in the light of the related literature.

Key words: Forgiveness, humility, SEM.