The Science of Compassionate Love Theory, Research, and Applications

by Fehr, Beverley; Sprecher, Susan; Underwood, Lynn G.

• ISBN13: 9781405153935
• ISBN10: 1405153938
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-08-04
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

The Science of Compassionate Love is an interdisciplinary volume that presents cutting-edge scholarship on the topics of altruism and compassionate love. The book Adopts a social science approach to understanding compassionate love Emphasizes positive features of social interaction Encourages the appropriate expression of compassionate love both to those in intimate relationships and to strangers Includes articles by distinguished contributors from the fields of Psychology, Sociology, Communication Studies, Family Studies, Epidemiology, Medicine and Nursing Is ideal for workshops on compassionate love, Positive Psychology, and creating constructive interactions between health professionals and patients

Author Biography

Beverley Fehr is Professor of Psychology at the University of Winnipeg.

Susan Sprecher is Professor of Sociology with Joint Appointment in Psychology at Illinois State University.

Lynn G. Underwood is Professor of Biomedical Humanities at Hiram College.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

Definitions, Theory, and Measurement

Compassionate Love: A Framework for Research

Compassionate Love: Conceptual, Measurement, and Relational Issues

Measuring Prosocial Behavior, Altruism, and Compassionate Love on US Television

The Sociodemographics of Compassionate Love

Love and Caring in the United States: Trends and Correlates of Empathy, Altruism, and Related Constructs

Compassionate Motivation and Compassionate Acts across the Adult Life Course: Evidence from US National Studies

Compassionate Love in Close Relationships

Empathy and Compassionate Love in Early Childhood: Development and Family Influence

Compassionate Love in Early Marriage

Compassionate Love for Non-Close Others

A Behavioral Systems Perspective on Compassionate Love

Compassionate Acts: Motivations for and Correlates of Volunteerism among Older Adults

Compassionate Love for Individuals in Other Social Groups

Compassionate Love in Health Care and Other Caregiving Contexts

Compassionate Family Caregiving in the Light and Shadow of Death

Compassionate Clinicians: Exemplary Care in Hospital Settings

Caregiving in Sociocultural Context

Compassionate Love in an Intercultural Context

Testing Aspects of Compassionate Love in a Sample of Indonesian Adolescents

Commentary

Compassionate Love: Concluding Reflections

Index

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