Compassion Articles about Compassion Definitions, Compassion Development and Compassion Research

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Jan., 2010

Rati, I. (2009). Remarks on Compassion and Altruism in the Pratyabhij, a Philosophy. Journal of Indian Philosophy, 37(4), 349-366.

Hacker, Thomas ( 2008 ). The relational compassion scale: development and validation of a new self rated scale for the assessment of self-other compassion. D Clin Psy thesis, University of Glasgow
Suskey. J. (1979). Compassion and Moral Development. Journal of Thought , 14 (3), 227-34.
Levenson, M.R. (2009). Gender and Wisdom: The Roles of Compassion and Moral Development. Research in Human Development , 6 (1), 45-59.
Warren, A.E.A. (2009). Strenthening human potential for great love - compassion through collaborative development. D Appl. Child Dev. Thesis, Tuffts University
Many of the above research projects have a religious tone, perhaps due to the way "compassionate love" was defined.
The development of any scale to measure compassion rests on the definition of compassion and how it develops. Click to see the "Theory of Compassion Development"
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Much of this research has to do with the function of faith institutions to deliver services to the needy.

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Stephan, W. G. & Finlay, K. (1979). The role of empathy in improving intergroup social relations. Journal of Social Sciences , 55 (4), 729-43.
Author: W. David Hoisington, Ph. D.
Hattfield, E., Rapson, R. L., and Le, Y. L. (2008). Emotional contagion and empathy. In J. Decety and W. Ickes (Eds.) The social neuroscience of empathy (pp. 19-30). Boston, MA: MIT Press.
Niezink, Lidewij Welmoed (2008). Considering others in need. On altruism, empathy and perspective taking (Dissertation)
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Research on monks who reportedly meditate on compassion has shown neurologic features and additional resesearch is being done at Stanford.  Yet this research on mental contemplation may not be examining the compassion construct.

Compassion is a relational experience that involves mutually shared emotion.  This research may support the cross-cultural relevance of compassion.