The Science of Compassionate Love: Theory, Research, and Applications

Copyright © 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd

The Science of Compassionate Love: Theory, Research, and Applications

Editor(s): Beverley Fehr, Susan Sprecher, Lynn G. Underwood

Published Online: 23 FEB 2009

Print ISBN: 9781405153935

Online ISBN: 9781444303070

DOI: 10.1002/9781444303070

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The Science of Compassionate Love is an interdisciplinary volume that presents cutting-edge scholarship on the topics of altruism and compassionate love. The book

  • Adopts a social science approach to understanding compassionate love
  • Emphasizes positive features of social interaction
  • Encourages the appropriate expression of compassionate love both to those in intimate relationships and to strangers
  • Includes articles by distinguished contributors from the fields of Psychology, Sociology, Communication Studies, Family Studies, Epidemiology, Medicine and Nursing
  • Is ideal for workshops on compassionate love, Positive Psychology, and creating constructive interactions between health professionals and patients

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–xv)

  2. Part I: Definitions, Theory, and Measurement

    1. Chapter 1

      Compassionate Love: A Framework for Research (pages 1–25)

      Lynn G. Underwood

    2. Chapter 2

      Compassionate Love: Conceptual, Measurement, and Relational Issues (pages 27–52)

      Beverley Fehr and Susan Sprecher

    3. Chapter 3

      Measuring Prosocial Behavior, Altruism, and Compassionate Love on US Television (pages 53–77)

      Stacy L. Smith, Sandi W. Smith, Katherine M. Pieper, Edward Downs, Jina H. Yoo, Becka Bowden, Amber Ferris and Matthew C. Butler

  3. Part II: The Sociodemographics of Compassionate Love

    1. Chapter 4

      Loving and Caring in the United States: Trends and Correlates of Empathy, Altruism, and Related Constructs (pages 79–119)

      Tom W. Smith

    2. Chapter 5

      Compassionate Motivation and Compassionate Acts across the Adult Life Course: Evidence from US National Studies (pages 121–158)

      Nadine F. Marks and Jieun Song

  4. Part III: Compassionate Love in Close Relationships

    1. Chapter 6

      Empathy and Compassionate Love in Early Childhood: Development and Family Influence (pages 159–200)

      Brenda L. Volling, Amy M. Kolak and Denise E. Kennedy

    2. Chapter 7

      Compassionate Love in Early Marriage (pages 201–221)

      Lisa A. Neff and Benjamin R. Karney

  5. Part IV: Compassionate Love for Non-Close Others

    1. Chapter 8

      A Behavioral Systems Perspective on Compassionate Love (pages 223–256)

      Mario Mikulincer, Phillip R. Shaver and Omri Gillath

    2. Chapter 9

      Compassionate Acts: Motivations for and Correlates of Volunteerism among Older Adults (pages 257–282)

      Allen M. Omoto, Anna M. Malsch and Jorge A. Barraza

    3. Chapter 10

      Compassionate Love for Individuals in Other Social Groups (pages 283–308)

      Salena Brody, Stephen C. Wright, Arthur Aron and Tracy McLaughlin-Volpe

  6. Part V: Compassionate Love in Health Care and Other Caregiving Contexts

    1. Chapter 11

      Compassionate Family Caregiving in the Light and Shadow of Death (pages 309–344)

      Linda J. Roberts, Meg Wise and Lori L. DuBenske

    2. Chapter 12

      Compassionate Clinicians: Exemplary Care in Hospital Settings (pages 345–372)

      David R. Graber and Maralynne D. Mitcham

    3. Chapter 13

      Caregiving in Sociocultural Context (pages 373–401)

      Norman D. Giesbrecht

  7. Part VI: Compassionate Love in an Intercultural Context

    1. Chapter 14

      Testing Aspects of Compassionate Love in a Sample of Indonesian Adolescents (pages 403–430)

      Julie Vaughan, Nancy Eisenberg, Doran C. French, Urip Purwono, Telie A. Suryanti and Sri Pidada

  8. Part VII: Commentary

    1. Chapter 15

      Compassionate Love: Concluding Reflections (pages 431–452)

      Daniel Perlman and Rozzana Sánchez Aragón

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      Index (pages 453–469)

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