Compassionate love for close others and humanity

By Susan Sprecher, B. Fehr. 2005

681 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Health, Social Psychology

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In Health

1. K. Neff
2. Elizabeth Pommier
3. Kirsten McEwan
4. M. Matos
5. A. Rivis
6. Paul Gilbert
7. A. Macbeth
8. A. Gumley

In Social Psychology

1. K. Neff
2. Paul Gilbert
3. A. Macbeth
4. A. Gumley
5. Kirsten McEwan
6. Elizabeth Pommier
7. M. Matos
8. N. Collins

Citations in the corpus

• The development of compassionate engagement and action scales for self and others (2017, background): “A measure that touches on some of these aspects is the Compassionate Love Scale developed by Sprecher and Fehr [110].”
• Self-Centeredness and Selflessness: A Theory of Self-Based Psychological Functioning and Its Consequences for Happiness (2011, background): “…and shown that empathy (being in tune with the sentiments of others) and compassion (the desire that others be free from suffering) are the driving forces behind prosocial behaviors such as altruism and social support (e.g., Batson, 1995; Davis, 1996; Dovidio & Penner, 2001; Sprecher & Fehr, 2005).”
• Resilience Portfolios and Poly-Strengths: Identifying Protective Factors Associated With Thriving After Adversity (2017, background): “Compassion consists of nine items assessing how one engages with others in a caring, concerned, and helpful way (adapted from McCullough, Emmons, & Tsang, 2002; Pommier, 2011; Sprecher & Fehr, 2005).”
• Toward an integrated approach to positive development: Implications for intervention (2016, background): “A series of measures have been constructed that focus on connection with others (e.g., The Close Relationships Questionnaire; Fraley, Waller, & Brennan, 2000, The Compassionate Love Scale; Sprecher & Fehr, 2005).”
• What is compassion and how can we measure it? A review of definitions and measures. (2016, methodology): “Limited subgroup analyses were undertaken by Sprecher and Fehr (2005), showing that women obtained significantly higher compassion scores than men on both versions.”
• The Development of the Santa Clara Brief Compassion Scale: An Abbreviation of Sprecher and Fehr’s Compassionate Love Scale (2008, methodology): “Although this study did not use the same measures that Sprecher and Fehr (2005) selected for religiosity and empathy, both studies suggested that these two qualities were related to compassion or compassion love.”
• Compassion: An Evolutionary Analysis and Empirical Review (2010, background): “Instead, compassion has been described as a vicarious experience of another’s distress (e.g., Ekman, 2003; Hoffman, 1981), a blend of sadness and love (e.g., Shaver, Schwartz, Kirson, & O’Connor, 1987), or a subtype or variant of love (e.g., Post, 2002; Sprecher & Fehr, 2005; Underwood, 2002).”
• Toward understanding understanding : The importance of feeling understood in relationships (2017, neutral): “Sprecher and Fehr (2009, 2005) and Underwood (2009) characterize compassionate love as a form of caregiving that is focused on understanding and genuine acceptance of another's needs and wishes and expressed through openness, warmth, and a willingness to put a partner's goals ahead of one's own.”
• New Look at Social Support: A Theoretical Perspective on Thriving through Relationships (2014, background): “…B. C. Feeney et al., 2013); that compassionate love is associated with increased support provision in close relationships (Collins et al., 2014; Sprecher & Fehr, 2005); and that compassionate goals foster mutually supportive friendships whereas self-image goals undermine them (Canevello &…”
• Feelings for the Suffering of Others and the Environment (2016, background): “In this regard, compassion has been shown to be associated with a concern for humanity (Goetz et al., 2010; Sprecher & Fehr, 2005).”
• Religion, spirituality, and altruism (2013, background): “In some studies, spirituality relates even more clearly to compassionate love of strangers and humanity than to compassionate love of close others (Sprecher & Fehr, 2005).”
• The Relationship between Self-compassion and Other-focused Concern among College Undergraduates, Community Adults, and Practicing Meditators (2013, methodology): “The 21-item scale on which the brief scale is based was originally developed by Sprecher and Fehr (2005).”
• Fears of compassion: development of three self-report measures. (2011, methodology): “This 21-item scale measures compassionate love for others (Sprecher & Fehr, 2005).”