{"id":3347,"date":"2017-07-24T04:05:33","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T11:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/?p=3347"},"modified":"2017-06-23T10:47:53","modified_gmt":"2017-06-23T17:47:53","slug":"compassionscience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2017\/07\/compassionscience\/","title":{"rendered":"The Oxford Handbook of Compassion Science"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Looks like an interesting read for those in the nonprofit sector and other mission-based organizations, and a great resource of quotes for various program and funding proposals – maybe even interviews with the press to explain why a nonprofit is doing whatever it is it is doing.<\/p>\n

At $150, I’ll have to beg my way into an academic library in order to read it…<\/p>\n

The Oxford Handbook of Compassion Science<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/h3>\n

Edited by Emma M. Sepp\u00e4l\u00e4, Emiliana Simon-Thomas, Stephanie L. Brown, Monica C. Worline, C. Daryl Cameron, and James R. Doty<\/p>\n

How do we define compassion? Is it an emotional state, a motivation, a dispositional trait, or a cultivated attitude? How does it compare to altruism and empathy? Chapters in this Handbook present critical scientific evidence about compassion in numerous conceptions… and contribute importantly to understanding how we respond to others who are suffering… it explores the motivators of compassion, the effect on physiology, the co-occurrence of wellbeing, and compassion training interventions. Sectioned by thematic approaches, it pulls together basic and clinical research ranging across neurobiological, developmental, evolutionary, social, clinical, and applied areas in psychology such as business and education. In this sense, it comprises one of the first multidisciplinary and systematic approaches to examining compassion from multiple perspectives and frames of reference.<\/em><\/p>\n

Here’s the table of contents:<\/p>\n

Preface
\nJames R. Doty<\/p>\n

Part One: Introduction
\nChapter 1: The Landscape of Compassion: Definitions and Scientific Approaches
\nJennifer L. Goetz and Emiliana Simon-Thomas<\/p>\n

Chapter 2: Compassion in Context: Tracing the Buddhist Roots of Secular, Compassion-Based Contemplative Programs
\nBrooke D. Lavelle<\/p>\n

Chapter 3: The Empathy-Altruism Hypothesis: What and So What?
\nC. Daniel Batson<\/p>\n

Chapter 4: Is Global Compassion Achievable?
\nPaul Ekman and Eve Ekman<\/p>\n

Part Two: Developmental Approaches<\/p>\n

Chapter 5: Compassion in Children
\nTracy L. Spinrad and Nancy Eisenberg<\/p>\n

Chapter 6: Parental Brain: The Crucible of Compassion
\nJames E. Swain and S. Shaun Ho<\/p>\n

Chapter 7: Adult Attachment and Compassion: Normative and Individual Difference Components
\nMario Mikulincer and Phillip R. Shaver<\/p>\n

Chapter 8: Compassion-Focused Parenting
\nJames N. Kirby<\/p>\n

Part Three: Psychophysiological and Biological Approaches<\/p>\n

Chapter 9: The Compassionate Brain
\nOlga M. Klimecki and Tania Singer<\/p>\n

Chapter 10: Two Factors that Fuel Compassion: The Oxytocin System and the Social Experience of Moral Elevation
\nSarina Rodrigues Saturn
\nChapter 11: The Impact of Compassion Meditation Training on the Brain and Prosocial Behavior
\nHelen Y. Weng, Brianna Schuyler, and Richard J. Davidson<\/p>\n

Chapter 12: Cultural neuroscience of compassion and empathy
\nJoan Y. Chiao<\/p>\n

Chapter 13: Compassionate Neurobiology and Health
\nStephanie L. Brown and R. Michael Brown<\/p>\n

Chapter 14: The Roots of Compassion: An Evolutionary and Neurobiological Perspective
\nC. Sue Carter, Inbal Ben-Ami Bartal, and Eric C. Porges<\/p>\n

Chapter 15: Vagal pathways: Portals to Compassion
\nStephen W. Porges
\nPart Four: Compassion Interventions<\/p>\n

Chapter 16: Empathy Building Interventions: A Review of Existing Work and Suggestions for Future Directions
\nErika Weisz and Jamil Zaki<\/p>\n

Chapter 17: Studies of Training Compassion: What Have We Learned, What Remains Unknown?
\nAlea C. Skwara, Brandon G. King, and Clifford D. Saron<\/p>\n

Chapter 18: The Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) Program
\nPhilippe R. Goldin and Hooria Jazaieri<\/p>\n

Chapter 19: From Specific to General: The Biological Effects of Cognitively-Based Compassion Training
\nJennifer Mascaro, Lobsang Tenzin Negi, and Charles L. Raison
\nPart Five: Social Psychological and Sociological Approaches<\/p>\n

Chapter 20: Compassion Collapse: Why We Are Numb to Numbers
\nC. Daryl Cameron<\/p>\n

Chapter 21: The Cultural Shaping of Compassion
\nBirgit Koopman-Holm and Jeanne L. Tsai<\/p>\n

Chapter 22: Enhancing compassion: Social psychological perspectives
\nPaul Condon and David DeSteno<\/p>\n

Chapter 23: Empathy, compassion, and social relationships
\nMark H. Davis<\/p>\n

Chapter 24: The Class-Compassion Gap: How Socioeconomic Factors Influence Compassion
\nPaul K. Piff and Jake P. Moskowitz<\/p>\n

Chapter 25: Changes Over Time in Compassion-Related Variables in the United States
\nSasha Zarins and Sara Konrath<\/p>\n

Chapter 26: To Help or Not to Help: Goal Commitment and the Goodness of Compassion
\nMichael J. Poulin<\/p>\n

Part Six: Clinical Approaches<\/p>\n

Chapter 27: Self-Compassion and Psychological Well-being
\nKristin Neff and Christopher Germer<\/p>\n

Chapter 28: Compassion Fatigue Resilience
\nCharles R. Figley and Kathleen Regan Figley<\/p>\n

Chapter 29: Compassion Fears, Blocks and Resistances: An Evolutionary Investigation
\nPaul Gilbert and Jennifer Mascaro<\/p>\n

Part Seven: Applied Compassion<\/p>\n

Chapter 30: Organizational Compassion: Manifestations Through Organizations
\nKim Cameron<\/p>\n

Chapter 31: How Leaders Shape Compassion Processes in Organizations
\nMonica C. Worline and Jane E. Dutton<\/p>\n

Chapter 32: Compassion in Healthcare
\nSue Shea and Christos Lionis<\/p>\n

Chapter 33: A Call for Compassion and Care in Education: Toward a More Comprehensive ProSocial Framework for the Field
\nBrooke D. Lavelle, Lisa Flook, and Dara G. Ghahremani<\/p>\n

Chapter 34: Heroism: Social Transformation Through Compassion in Action
\nPhilip G. Zimbardo, Emma Sepp\u00e4l\u00e4, and Zeno Franco<\/p>\n

Chapter 35: Social Dominance and Leadership: The mediational effect of Compassion
\nDaniel Martin and Yotam Heineberg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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