Visions of Compassion: Western Scientists and Tibetan Buddhists Examine Human Nature

By Richard J. Davidson, A. Harrington. 2002

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Health, Social Psychology

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The origins and nature of compassion focused therapy. (2014, background): “Compassion is linked to motives, emotions, and abilities/competencies to be supportive, understanding, kind, and helpful to others (Davidson & Harrington, 2002; Weng et al. , 2013; www.compassion-training.org), and to be socially mindful (which is different from general mindfulness; Van Doesum et…”
Mindfulness: Theoretical Foundations and Evidence for its Salutary Effects (2007, unknown): “…the greater insight into self, others, and human nature, along with an easing of ego-based concerns that is afforded by mindfulness encourages a more compassionate concern for others (Davidson & Harrington, 2002) and initial correlational evidence supports this notion (e.g., Beitel et al., 2005).”
Compassionate mind training for people with high shame and self‐criticism: overview and pilot study of a group therapy approach (2006, background): “Mindfulness training has been found to alter immune system functioning and brain lateralization (Davidson et al., 2003). Rein, Atkinson, and McCraty (1995) found directed compassion imagery had a positive effect on an indictor of immune functioning (SIgA), while anger imagery had a negative effect.”
Mental balance and well-being: building bridges between Buddhism and Western psychology. (2006, background): “The ideal is to cultivate loving-kindness, compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity for all beings impartially (Davidson & Harrington, 2002).”
Compassion: An Evolutionary Analysis and Empirical Review (2010, background): “…many spiritual and ethical traditions, from Buddhism and Confucianism to Christianity, and a state and disposition people seek to cultivate on the assumption it will make for more morally coherent lives and more cooperative communities (Armstrong, 2006; Davidson & Harrington, 2002; Nussbaum, 2001).”
The practice of self-compassion in counseling: A narrative inquiry. (2011, background): “However, as a budding focus of research in Western psychology, compassion is predominantly rooted in Buddhist psychology (Davidson & Harrington, 2002).”
Relational Aspects of Mindfulness: Implications for the Practice of Marriage and Family Therapy (2010, background): “Adding the systemic perspective of family therapists to the on-going collaboration between Western neuroscientists, psychologists, and contemplative scholars (cf. Davidson and Harrington 2002; Wallace 2009) may enrich the interdisciplinary nature of mindfulness research as a whole.”