An attachment-theoretical approach to compassion and altruism.

By Omri Gillath, Phillip R. Shaver, Mario Mikulincer. 2005

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Attachment dimensions and the big five personality traits: Associations and comparative ability to predict relationship quality (2006, background): “We suspect that similar Wndings will be obtained when studies of empathy, compassion, and altruism are conducted with measures of avoidant attachment and Big Five agreeableness included (see the somewhat parallel studies by Gillath et al., 2005, and Jensen-Campbell & Graziano, 2001).”
Attachment and trait forgivingness: The mediating role of angry rumination (2007, background): “In threatening situations, these processes can be interfered with, suppressed, or overridden by attachment insecurity (Collins & Read, 1994; Feeney & Collins, 2001; Gillath, Shaver, & Mikulincer, 2005).”
Attachment, caregiving, and altruism: boosting attachment security increases compassion and helping. (2005, background): “Attachment theory has already proven useful in explaining empathy and philanthropic volunteerism (e.g., Gillath, Shaver, & Mikulincer, 2005; Gillath et al., 2005; Mikulincer et al., 2001) and has received support from several experimental studies.”
Attachment, caregiving, and volunteering: Placing volunteerism in an attachment‐theoretical framework (2005, background): “…attachment security, measured categorically, is associated with empathy, humane values, willingness to care for others, and cognitive openness (see Gillath et al., 2005; Mikulincer, 1997) and that experimental augmentation of people s sense of security increases the likelihood of empathy,…”
Boosting Attachment Security to Promote Mental Health, Prosocial Values, and Inter-Group Tolerance (2007, methodology): “…insecure person to help others, thereby experiencing effective caregiving and perhaps receiving genuine appreciation is another useful method (Gillath et al., 2005), as is developing one’s talents or skills, which allows a person, for good reasons, to feel competent and socially valuable.”
Fears of compassion: development of three self-report measures. (2011, background): “In contrast, attachment security is associated with increased capacities for engaging in empathic, compassionate, and caring behaviours towards others (Gillath et al., 2005; Mikulincer & Shaver, 2007).”
The development of compassionate engagement and action scales for self and others (2017, background): “The quality of caring we receive early in life has a major impact on our capacities for mental well-being and prosocial behaviour [52, 87, 91].”
Maternal Attachment and Children’s Quality of Life: The Mediating Role of Self-compassion and Parenting Stress (2014, background): “The attachment orientation of parents is strongly associated with their caregiving behaviors (Gillath et al. 2005; Mikulincer and Shaver 2007), and several studies have shown that insecure mothers are less caring, warm, and supportive toward their children and feel more stressed in the parenting…”
The origins and nature of compassion focused therapy. (2014, background): “There is evidence that the care and affection we receive in childhood not only inﬂuences genetic expression and the kinds of brain we mature (Cozolino, 2007, 2013) but lays the foundation for being caring and compassionate as an adult (Gillath, Shaver, & Mikulincer, 2005).”