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OBJECTIVE	This study investigates the efficacy of the 6-hour REACH Forgiveness intervention among culturally diverse undergraduates .
METHODS	Female undergraduates ( N = 102 ) and foreign extraction ( 46.2 % ) and domestic ( 43.8 % ) students in the United States were randomly assigned to immediate treatment or waitlist conditions .
METHODS	Treatment efficacy and the effect of culture on treatment response were assessed using measures of emotional and decisional forgiveness across 3 time periods .
RESULTS	Students in the treatment condition reported greater improvement in emotional forgiveness , but not decisional forgiveness , relative to those in the waitlist condition .
RESULTS	Gains were maintained at a 1-week follow-up .
RESULTS	Although culture did not moderate the effect of treatment , a main effect of culture on emotional forgiveness and marginally significant interaction effect of culture on decisional forgiveness were found .
CONCLUSIONS	The REACH Forgiveness intervention was efficacious for college students from different cultural backgrounds when conducted in the United States .
CONCLUSIONS	However , some evidence may warrant development of culturally adapted forgiveness interventions .

