ABSTRACT
This study was aimed to determine the relationship between forgiveness and life satisfaction among undergraduate students in Indonesia and China. The subjects of the study were 113 undergraduate students in Indonesia and 193 undergraduate students in China. Transgression-Related Interpersonal Motivations Scale–12-Item Form (TRIM-12) by McCollugh (_=0.928, N=12) for measure forgiveness and Satisfaction with Life Scale by Dinner, et al (_=0.836, N=5) for measure life satisfaction. Statistical results used the Spearman Rho technique showed that there was a significant negative correlation between forgiveness and life satisfaction among undergraduate students in Indonesia and China (p = 0,000, r = -0.187). The relationship between the two variables showed that the higher forgiveness shown by undergraduate students in Indonesia and China, the lower the life satisfaction of their life. We also analyze difference of forgiveness and life satisfaction among undergraduate students in Indonesia and China with Mann-Whitney Rank Test. Result showed there was a significant difference between forgiveness of undergraduate students in Indonesia and China (p=0,000) and also life satisfaction of undergraduate students in Indonesia and China (p=0,019).
KEYWORDS
Forgiveness, life satisfaction, undergraduate students, Indonesia, China