Cultivating Self-Compassion to Improve Mental Health in Autistic Adults
Self-compassion may improve mental health in autistic adults through directly modifying emotions (as an emotion regulation strategy) or its interactions with emotion regulation processes.
“Self-compassion changed my life”: The self-compassion experiences of autistic and non-autistic adults and its relationship with mental health and psychological wellbeing
Autistic participants reported significantly lower self-compassion than non-autistic adults.
The Inter-Relationship of Emotion Regulation, Self-Compassion, and Mental Health in Autistic Adults
Self-compassion improves emotion regulation.
Impact of Organizational Values, Compassion, and Well-Being on Industrial Disputes: An Empirical Study
Compassion towards employees can positively effect organizational culture and curb industrial disputes
Reports from Chung Shan Medical University Hospital Advance Knowledge in Nursing Management (Mediating positive moods: the impact of experiencing compassion at work)
The strength that arises from experiencing compassion affects work behavior and may increase job performance
Empathy promotes altruistic behavior in economic interactions
Inducing empathy towards a specific situation of need, pain, or distress increases altruistic behavior in economic interactions
The protective effect of mindfulness and compassion meditation practices on ageing: Hypothesis, mechanistic model, and experimental implementation
Regular practice of meditation could reduce risk factors of Alzheimer
Self-compassion and Perceived Criticism in Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
People with ADHD may benefit from developing greater resilience to the high levels of criticism and negative treatment they receive
Empathic distress fatigue rather than compassion fatigue? Integrating findings from empathy research in psychology and social neuroscience
A review of concepts related to empathy and compassion and the promoting of prosocial behavior
Empathy from the perspective of social neuroscience
What we know about empathy
The Compassionate Brain
The foundations of compassion and related social emotions
Functional neural plasticity and associated changes in positive affect after compassion training
One day of compassion training compared with memory training shows an increase in positive moods
Empathy and Compassion
The psychological differences between compassion and empathy
Compassion
A 101 on the psychological basis of compassion
The impact of empathy and perspective-taking instructions on proponents and opponents of immigration
Receiving perspective taking and empathy instructions affect the motivation, emotions, and interpersonal relations of proponents and opponents of immigration in different ways
Empathy and correct mental state inferences both promote prosociality
Empathizing and mentalizing have distinct processes. Empathy leads to more prosocial decisions while accurate mentalizing of situations increase willingness to help.
Short-term compassion training increases prosocial behavior in a newly developed prosocial game
One day of training in compassion increases prosocial behavior
A brief compassion focused therapy intervention can help self-critical parents and their children: A randomised controlled trial
Parents who received a 2-hour training of Compassion Focused Therapy show less self-criticism, parental hostility, and verbosity, which correlate with significant reductions in child conduct, emotion, hyperactivity and peer problems
The impact of emotions and empathy-related traits on punishment behavior: Introduction and Validation of the Inequality Game
Men high in perspective-taking and empathic concern show an increase in forgiveness behavior, whereas empathic distress may increase aggressive behavior towards the fair and innocent
Empathic neural responses are modulated by the perceived fairness of others
Neurobiology shows that fairness is associated with empathy and unfairness with favoring punishment by men
Compassionate Heroes Ballarat 2022
Storites of compassion from primary and secondary schools in Ballarat
In search of copassion: Creating a novel concept to promote re-enchantment at work
Relating to our colleagues’ positive emotions not only enables and maintains but also fosters enchantment at work.
Compassion in the landscape of suffering
When compassion is cultivated, there is healing, responsiveness, and development of behaviors that reduce depression recurrences and build a person’s resilience.
How does mindfulness-based cognitive therapy work?
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy enhances mindfulness and self-compassion.
Effects of contemplative dyads on engagement and perceived social connectedness over 9 months of mental training: A randomized clinical trial
A new approach to creating social connection.
The effects of stress and affiliation on social decision-making: Investigating the tend-and-befriend pattern
Stress leads to decreased trust
Self-compassion: An alternative conceptualization of a healthy attitude toward oneself
Self-compassion is an emotionally positive self-attitude that protects against the negative consequences of self-judgment, isolation, and rumination
An examination of self-compassion in relation to positive psychological functioning and personality traits
Self-compassion boosts happiness, optimism, wisdom, personal initiative, curiosity and exploration, agreeableness, extroversion, and conscientiousness
Caring Cooperators and Powerful Punishers: Differential Effects of Induced Care and Power Motivation on Different Types of Economic Decision Making
Economic decision making is context-sensitive and motive-based. Care and power motivation have a dissociable fingerprint in shaping either cooperative or punishment behaviors.
Creating a Compassionate World: Addressing the Conflicts Between Sharing and Caring Versus Controlling and Holding Evolved Strategies
How compassion can move us from a control and hold society to a care and share society