Kasprzak, AgataMartínez-Díaz, María Pilar2025-08-272025-08-272024Kasprzak A, Martínez-Díaz MP. Assessment of forgiveness in couple relationships: adaptation of the Marital Offense-Specific Forgiveness Scale (MOFS) to a spanish sample. J Marital Fam Ther. 2025 Jan;51(1):e12738. doi: 10.1111/jmft.12738.0194-472Xhttps://hdl.handle.net/10641/6125Forgiveness plays an important role in couple relationships, as it is essential in overcoming interpersonal offenses and related to the well-being of the relationship. To date, no valid instruments are available for Spanish populations to evaluate forgiveness within marital relationships. This study aims to adapt and evaluate the Marital Offense-Specific Forgiveness Scale (MOFS), comparing the behavior of the scale in two cultural contexts: Spain and the United States. Two studies were conducted: the first with 389 participants to evaluate the behavior of the scale and to explore the dimensionality of the Spanish version of the MOFS using exploratory factor analysis (EFA); the second study used a sample of 361 Spanish and 119 American participants, conducting a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and an invariance factor analysis. The EFA revealed two factors: Avoidance–Resentment and Benevolence. Using CFA, the factorial structure of the MOFS was confirmed, with results indicating that the proposed model presents a similar fit to the original version.engAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ForgivenessCoupleValidityMarital Offence-Specific Forgiveness Scalejournal articleembargoed access10.1111/jmft.12738