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The science of compassionate love : theory, research, and applications / edited by Beverley Fehr, Susan Sprecher, and Lynn G. Underwood.
LIBRA BJ1475 .S39 2009
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Compassion.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 469 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Malden, MA ; Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell, [2009]
- Summary:
- What is compassionate love? How does it differ from other types of love? Can it be developed or is it innate? The term compassionate love refers to various forms of other-centered cognition, affect, and behavior: a giving of the self for the good of the other. It is the kind of love that is central to many religious traditions: a self-giving, caring, love that values the other highly and is intended to give full life to the other. The Science of Compassionate Love answers questions about altruism and compassionate love by providing innovative, state-of-the-art research from leading scholars. Integrating a variety of perspectives, this volume provides insight into the nature of compassionate love and how we might better understand it, and encourage its appropriate expression in our lives.
- Many disciplines, with unique foci and methods, contribute to our understanding of compassionate love. By drawing from various scholars in psychology, sociology, communication, family studies, and medicine, this volume presents and integrates knowledge in a way that is informative for teaching and helpful for research. It also lays out a variety of methods and measures that pave the way for future directions in this field.
- Contents:
- Definitions, theory, and measurement
- The sociodemographics of compassionate love
- Compassionate love in close relationships
- Compassionate love for non-close others
- Compassionate love in health care and other caregiving contexts
- Compassionate love in an intercultural context.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781405153935
- 1405153938
- 9781405153942
- 1405153946
- OCLC:
- 191865256
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