An Investivative Study of Rationality and Forgiveness

This attempt is to make investigation study to describe the relationship between forgiveness, rationality among undergraduate students from Pune. The major objectives of this study are to see the relationship among forgiveness and rationality to explore the impact of irrational belief on forgiveness and lastly to investigate the role of gender and region on forgiveness and irrational belief in student community of Pune came from various parts of India. The data collection done on a sample of 149 undergraduate students studying in Pune from rural and urban regions with the help of Irrational Belief Inventory (IBI) & Heartland Forgiveness Scale (HFS). The outcome of the research indicate that irrational belief is negatively correlated with the forgiveness. It is also observed that Females (girls) are more of irrational belief than the males (boys). Rural or urban region of participants doesn’t have major impact on forgiveness and irrational behavior. This study has given need to include the rationality in the education for development of forgiveness among the students.