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The design of compassionate care.
(2014)
Aims and objectives. To investigate the tension between individual and organisational responses to contemporary demands for compassionate interactions in health care.
Background. Health care is often said to need more ...
Exploring change processes in compassion focused therapy in psychosis: Results of a feasibility randomized controlled trial
(2013)
Objectives: Compassion focused therapy (CFT) was developed to stimulate capacities for soothing and affiliation to self and others as a way to regulate the threat system. This feasibility study aimed to assess the safety, ...
An evaluation of the impact of introducing compassion focused therapy to a standard treatment programme for people with eating disorders.
(2014)
This study explored the outcome of introducing Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) into a standard treatment programme for people with eating disorders. In particular, the aim was to evaluate the principle that CFT can be ...
The Language of Compassion in Acute Mental Health Care
(2013)
In this article we examine the language of compassion in acute mental health care in the United Kingdom. Compassion is commonly defined as being sensitive to the suffering of others and showing a commitment to relieve it, ...
A new therapeutic community: development of a compassion-focussed and contextual behavioural environment
(2015)
Social relationships and communities provide the context and impetus for a range of psychological developments, from genetic expression to the development of core self-identities. This suggests a need to think about the ...
The Italian version of the Social Comparison Rating Scale and the Submissive Behaviour Scale: Reliability and validity in a sample of adolescents
(2013)
Social rank theory argues that social comparison and submissive behaviour are mechanisms by which humans and animals form themselves into social ranks. Design: this study assesses the psychometric properties of Italian ...
The Early Memories of Warmth and Safeness Scale for adolescents: Cross-Sample Validation of the Complete and Brief Versions
(2017)
This work presents psychometric analyses on the Early Memories of Warmth and Safeness Scale, which intends to evaluate the subjective perception of ones' early rearing experiences. Factor structure, measurement invariance, ...
Practice quality and effectiveness of a compassion training intervention: The Importance of embodying the compassionate self
(2018)
Research has showed that compassion mind training (CMT) is effective on the promotion of well-being, however the impact of quality of the practice had never been explored. A recent study of the effect of a low intensity ...
An evolutionary approach to emotion in mental health with a focus on affiliative emotions
(2015)
Emotions evolved to guide animals in pursuing specific motives and goals (e.g., to find food, avoid harm, seek out sexual partners, rear offspring). They function as short-term alertors and regulators of behaviour and can ...
Compassion Motivations: Distinguishing Submissive Compassion From Genuine Compassion and its Association With Shame, Submissive Behavior, Depression, Anxiety and Stress.
(2014)
Recent research has suggested that being compassionate and helpful to others is linked to well-being. However, people can pursue compassionate motives for different reasons, one of which may be to be liked or valued. ...