The Oxford Handbook of Compassion Science Pdf

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The Oxford Handbook of Compassion Science

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Abstract

There are few things more moving than an act of compassion and few things more necessary than compassion in today's world. Fortunately, the science of compassion has emerged as a robust field of study. The Oxford Handbook of Compassion Science is the first academic handbook on the science of compassion to date. It brings together well-established scholars and rising stars in the field—thereby bridging a wide variety of diverse perspectives, research methodologies, and theory. Together, these expert voices illustrate the mechanisms behind one of the most profound of human experiences: helping another human being out of suffering, even at one's own cost.

Keywords: Compassion, empathy, sympathy, kindness, altruism

Bibliographic Information

Publisher:

Oxford University Press

Print Publication Date:

Sep 2017

ISBN:

9780190464684

Published online:

Oct 2017

DOI:

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190464684.001.0001

Editors

Emma M. Seppälä, editor
Emma M. Seppälä is Science Director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE) at Stanford University School of Medicine and Co-Director of the Yale College Emotional Intelligence Project at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. Her research focuses on social connection, compassion, and well-being. She has conducted research on methods like meditation and breathing for anxiety with students and with veterans of the war in Afghanistan and Iraq. She is a science writer at Psychology Today and Harvard Business Review and is the author of The Happiness Track: How to Apply the Science of Happiness to Accelerate Your Success.

Emiliana Simon-Thomas, editor
Emiliana Simon-Thomas is the Science Director at the University of California–Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center (GGSC). Among other initiatives, she runs the GGSC Research Fellowship program and co-instructs "GG101x: The Science of Happiness," a massive open online course that has over 450,000 students enrolled worldwide. Simon-Thomas is trained in cognitive and affective neuroscience, and her work currently focuses on: (1) how pro-social tendencies like compassion, generosity, and gratitude can benefit health and well-being at individual, interpersonal, and society-wide levels; and (2) how to strengthen and assess the impact of increasing pro-social habits within the self, families, communities, and institutions.

Stephanie L. Brown, editor
Stephanie L. Brown is an associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stony Brook University. She was the lead editor on Oxford's edited volume entitled Moving Beyond Self-Interest: Perspectives from Evolutionary Biology, Neuroscience, and the Social Sciences, in which she and her colleagues advanced a new paradigm for the study of compassion and helping behavior. She is currently investigating the physiological mechanisms that connect helping behavior to reduced mortality risk.

Monica C. Worline, editor
Monica C. Worline is a research scientist at Stanford University's Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, and Executive Director of CompassionLab, the world's leading research "collaboratory" focused on compassion at work. Worline holds a lectureship at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, and is an affiliate faculty member at the Center for Positive Organizations. She is also the founder and CEO of EnlivenWork, an innovation organization that teaches businesses and others how to tap into courageous thinking, compassionate leadership, and their curiosity to bring their best work to life.

C. Daryl Cameron, editor
C. Daryl Cameron is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology and research associate in the Rock Ethics Institute at Penn State University. His research focuses on the psychological processes involved in empathy and moral decision-making. Much of his work examines motivational factors that shape empathic emotions and behaviors toward others, particularly in response to large-scale crises (e.g., natural disasters, genocides) and in inter-group situations.

James R. Doty, editor
James R. Doty is the founder and director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE) at Stanford University School of Medicine. Additionally, he is a professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at Stanford University School of Medicine. Through the center, he has supported the development of compassion research; promoted the importance of compassion in business, medicine, and technology; and developed a compassion intervention program (the Compassion Cultivation Training). His research focuses on the neural bases of compassion and the impact of compassion interventions for physical and psychological well-being. Dr. Doty is the New York Times bestselling author of Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart.

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• Front Matter
  • Oxford Library of Psychology
  • Oxford Library of Psychology
  • Dedication
  • About the Editors
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contributors
  • Preface
• Part 1 Introduction
  • The Landscape of Compassion: Definitions and Scientific ApproachesJennifer L. Goetz and Emiliana Simon-Thomas
  • Compassion in Context: Tracing the Buddhist Roots of Secular, Compassion-Based Contemplative ProgramsBrooke D. Lavelle
  • The Empathy-Altruism Hypothesis: What and So What?C. Daniel Batson
  • Is Global Compassion Achievable?Paul Ekman and Eve Ekman
• Part 2 Developmental Approaches
  • Compassion in ChildrenTracy L. Spinrad and Nancy Eisenberg
  • Parental Brain: The Crucible of CompassionJames E. Swain and S. Shaun Ho
  • Adult Attachment and Compassion: Normative and Individual Difference ComponentsMario Mikulincer and Phillip R. Shaver
  • Compassion-Focused ParentingJames N. Kirby
• Part 3 Psychophysiological and Biological Approaches
  • The Compassionate BrainOlga M. Klimecki and Tania Singer
  • Two Factors That Fuel Compassion: The Oxytocin System and the Social Experience of Moral ElevationSarina Rodrigues Saturn
  • The Impact of Compassion Meditation Training on the Brain and Prosocial BehaviorHelen Y. Weng, Brianna Schuyler, and Richard J. Davidson
  • Cultural Neuroscience of Compassion and EmpathyJoan Y. Chiao
  • Compassionate Neurobiology and HealthStephanie L. Brown and R. Michael Brown
  • The Roots of Compassion: An Evolutionary and Neurobiological PerspectiveC. Sue Carter, Inbal Ben-Ami Bartal, and Eric C. Porges
  • Vagal Pathways: Portals to CompassionStephen W. Porges
• Part 4 Compassion Interventions
  • Empathy-Building Interventions: A Review of Existing Work and Suggestions for Future DirectionsErika Weisz and Jamil Zaki
  • Studies of Training Compassion: What Have We Learned; What Remains Unknown?Alea C. Skwara, Brandon G. King, and Clifford D. Saron
  • The Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) ProgramPhilippe R. Goldin and Hooria Jazaieri
  • Cognitively Based Compassion Training: Gleaning Generalities from Specific Biological EffectsJennifer Mascaro, Lobsang Tenzin Negi, and Charles L. Raison
• Part 5 Social Psychological and Sociological Approaches
  • Compassion Collapse: Why We Are Numb to NumbersC. Daryl Cameron
  • The Cultural Shaping of CompassionBirgit Koopmann-Holm and Jeanne L. Tsai
  • Enhancing Compassion: Social Psychological PerspectivesPaul Condon and David DeSteno
  • Empathy, Compassion, and Social RelationshipsMark H. Davis
  • The Class–Compassion Gap: How Socioeconomic Factors Influence CompassionPaul K. Piff and Jake P. Moskowitz
  • Changes Over Time in Compassion-Related Variables in the United StatesSasha Zarins and Sara Konrath
  • To Help or Not to Help: Goal Commitment and the Goodness of CompassionMichael J. Poulin
• Part 6 Clinical Approaches
  • Self-Compassion and Psychological Well-beingKristin Neff and Christopher Germer
  • Compassion Fatigue ResilienceCharles R. Figley and Kathleen Regan Figley
  • Compassion Fears, Blocks and Resistances: An Evolutionary InvestigationPaul Gilbert and Jennifer Mascaro
• Part 7 Applied Compassion
  • Organizational Compassion: Manifestations Through OrganizationsKim Cameron
  • How Leaders Shape Compassion Processes in OrganizationsMonica C. Worline and Jane E. Dutton
  • The Call for Compassion in Health CareSue Shea and Christos Lionis
  • A Call for Compassion and Care in Education: Toward a More Comprehensive Prosocial Framework for the FieldBrooke D. Lavelle, Lisa Flook, and Dara G. Ghahremani
  • Heroism: Social Transformation Through Compassion in ActionPhilip G. Zimbardo, Emma M. Seppälä, and Zeno E. Franco
  • Social Dominance and Leadership: The Mediational Effect of CompassionDaniel Martin and Yotam Heineberg
• End Matter
  • Index

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