Is compassion for others stress buffering? Consequences of compassion and social support for physiological reactivity to stress

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A randomized controlled trial of compassion cultivation training: Effects on mindfulness, affect, and emotion regulation (2013, unknown): “…with adaptive qualities such as life-satisfaction, wisdom, happiness, optimism, curiosity, and social connectedness, as well as inversely associated with maladaptive qualities such as selfcriticism, depression, anxiety, and rumination (e.g., Cosley et al. 2010; Neff 2003; Neff et al. 2007).”
Compassion revealed: What we know about compassion at work (and where we need to know more) (2011, background): “Recent experimental research further suggests that those who see themselves as compassionate are more receptive of others’ social support, which in turn helps to mitigate their own physiological stress reactions (Cosley et al., 2010).”