Compassion : concepts, research and applications / edited by Paul Gilbert.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gilbert, Paul, 1951 June 20- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Empathy.

Interpersonal relations.

Psychotherapy.

Physical Description:

xii, 297 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.

Summary:

Paul Gilbert brings together an international line-up of leading scholars and researchers in the field to provide a state-of-the-art exploration of key areas in compassion research and applications. Compassion can be seen as a core element of prosocial behaviour, and explorations of the concepts and value of compassion have been extended into different aspects of life including physical and psychological therapies, schools, leadership and business. While many animals share abilities to be distress sensitive and caring of others, it is our newly evolved, socially intelligent abilities that make us capable of knowingly and deliberately helping others and purposely developing skills and wisdom to do so. This book generates many research questions whilst exploring the similarities and differences of human compassion to non-human caring and looks at how compassion changes the brain and body, affects genetic expression, manifests at a young age and is then cultivated (or not) by the social environment. Compassion: Concepts, Research and Applications will be essential reading for professionals, researchers and scholars interested in compassion and its applications in psychology and psychotherapy. Book jacket.

Contents:

Preface

Evolution and nature of compassion

Compassion : definitions and controversies / Paul Gilbert

Prehistoric origins : the compassion of far distant strangers / Penny Spikins

Compassion as a social mentality / Paul Gilbert

Mindfulness and compassion : similarities and differences / Christopher Germer & Thorsten Barnhofer

Compassion and its physiologies

The body of compassion / Jennifer S. Mascaro and Charles L. Raison

Chapter 6.the psychobiological foundation of prosocial relationships : the role of oxytocin in daily social exchanges / Valentina Colonnello, Nicola Petrocchi and Markus Heinrichs

Compassion in the autonomic nervous system : the role of the vagus nerve / Jennifer E. Stellar and Dacher Keltner

Compassion and the brain / Pascal Vrticka, Pauline Favre and Tania Singer

Behavior genetics of prosocial behavior / Conway, C.C and Slavich G.M

Compassion and relationships

Evolution, child raising and compassionate morality / Darcia Narvaez

An attachment perspective on compassion and altruism / Mario Mikulincer and Philip R. Shaver

Broaden-and-build theory meets interpersonal neurobiology as a lens on compassion and positivity resonance / Barbara L. Fredrickson & Daniel J. Siegel

Applying compassion

Positive leadership, power and compassion / Daniel Martin and Yotem Heineberg

Compassionate leadership for compassionate health care / Michael A. West and Rachna Chowla

Compassion focused therapies / James Kirby and Paul Gilbert.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138957183

1138957186

9781138957190

1138957194

OCLC:

957241901