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The structure and development of dispositional compassion in early adolescence.
This study “investigated interrelations among other-directed compassion, self-compassion, and environmental compassion in early adolescence and examined how the different manifestations of compassion related to age and sex during this age period.
Friends With Health Benefits: The Long-Term Benefits of Early Peer Social Integration for Blood Pressure and Obesity in Midlife
This study examined whether time spent with friends during childhood and adolescence is prospectively associated with blood pressure and body mass index (BMI) almost 20 years later
Promoting a Compassionate Motivation in Detained Youth: A Secondary Analysis of a Controlled Trial With the PSYCHOPATHY.COMP Program
This study assessed the efficacy of the PSYCHOPATHY.COMP in promoting a compassionate motivation among male detained youth, also testing its role as a potential mechanism of change on the reduction of psychopathic traits.
Childhood Discipline
Testing the bounds of compassion in young children
The Evolved Nest: A partnership system that fosters child wellbeing. International Journal of Partnership Studies
UCI Care Narrative Project podcast: Love WITH Accountability: Digging Up the Roots of Child Sexual Abuse with Aishah Shahidah Simmons
Kindness counts: Prompting prosocial behavior in preadolescents boosts peer acceptance and well-being.
Cognitive-Based Compassion Training: A Promising Prevention Strategy for At-Risk Adolescents
The article titled “A Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Preschool Children With ADHD” describes a study that examines the effectiveness of a mindfulness-based intervention for preschool children with ADHD symptoms. The study found that children who participated in the mindfulness-based intervention had significant improvements in their ADHD symptoms, as rated by their parents and teachers. Additionally, the […]
Engagement with Cognitively-Based Compassion Training is associated with reduced salivary C-reactive protein from before to after training in foster care program adolescents
The article titled “Mindfulness practice reduces cortisol blunting during chemotherapy: A randomized controlled study of colorectal cancer patients” investigates the effects of mindfulness meditation on cortisol levels in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. The study found that participants who completed an eight-week mindfulness-based stress reduction program showed lower levels of cortisol blunting, a condition where cortisol […]
Cognitive-Based Compassion Training: A Promising Prevention Strategy for At-Risk Adolescents
The article titled “A Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Preschool Children With ADHD” describes a study that examines the effectiveness of a mindfulness-based intervention for preschool children with ADHD symptoms. The study found that children who participated in the mindfulness-based intervention had significant improvements in their ADHD symptoms, as rated by their parents and teachers. Additionally, the […]