Levels Of Compassion Research Articles

Trust and compassion in willingness to share mobility and sheltering resources in evacuations: A case study of the 2017 and 2018 California Wildfires

Advances in the sharing economy – such as transportation network companies (e.g., Lyft, Uber) and home sharing (e.g., Airbnb) – have coincided with the increasing need for evacuation resources. While peer-to-peer sharing under normal circumstances often suffers from trust barriers, disaster literature indicates that trust and compassion often increase following disasters, improving recovery efforts. We hypothesize that trust and compassion could trigger willingness to share transportation and sheltering resources during an evacuation.To test this hypothesis, we distributed a survey to individuals impacted by the 2017 Southern California Wildfires (n = 226) and the 2018 Carr Wildfire (n = 284). We estimate binary logit choice models, finding that high trust in neighbors and strangers and high compassion levels significantly increase willingness to share across four sharing scenarios. Assuming a high trust/compassion population versus a low trust/compassion population results in a change of likelihood to share between 30% and 55%, depending on scenario. Variables related to departure timing and routing – which capture evacuation urgency – increase transportation sharing willingness. Volunteers in past disasters and members of community organizations are usually more likely to share, while families and previous evacuees are typically less likely. Significance of other demographic variables is highly dependent on the scenario. Spare seatbelts and bed capacity, while increasing willingness, are largely insignificant. These results suggest that future sharing economy strategies should cultivate trust and compassion before disasters via preparedness within neighborhoods, community-based organizations, and volunteer networks, during disasters through communication from officials, and after disasters using resilience-oriented and community-building information campaigns.

Impact of a 12-Week Group-Based Compassion Focused Therapy Intervention on Heart Rate Variability.

Heart rate variability (HRV) is considered an index of self-regulatory capacity, and trait compassion predicts healthy HRV and self-regulation. Compassion focused psychotherapy interventions have been shown to increase levels of compassion in the general population but no studies to date have examined if these interventions also increase HRV in a distressed clinical sample. The present study examined whether a 12-week compassion focused therapy intervention administered in group format would improve resting HRV and impact HRV reactivity during self-critical writing and self-compassion writing tasks administered before and after the intervention. A total of 31 participants in a university counseling center completed the intervention and HRV assessments. Resting HRV did not significantly change over the course of the intervention in the overall sample. Only those who showed a reliable increase in self-compassion also had a significant increase in resting HRV post-intervention. Additionally, the self-critical writing task was associated with a significant decrease in HRV, with HRV staying low during self-compassionate writing and then significantly increasing during recovery. Reliable change in self-compassion predicted increased HRV reactivity to self-critical and self-compassion writing tasks following the intervention, indicating greater engagement with the task. Findings support the idea that increased self-compassion increases HRV reactivity and potentially strengthens ability to engage with difficult emotions in psychotherapy.

Analysis of compassion in accounting and business students, overall and by gender

Helping students to gain an understanding of accounting issues and to master technical skills are critical to their success in the accounting and business fields. At the same time, educators can assist students by helping them develop character and personal values such as compassion. Being compassionate has a positive impact on a person’s life as well as on others with whom he or she interacts, such as colleagues, customers, investors, people in the supply chain, and others. One of the most well-known stories about compassion was told by Jesus of Nazareth, in his parable of the Good Samaritan. The well-known story offers a practical example of what it means to love other people, notably by a person of one race toward a person of another race. Research shows that compassion contributes to higher life satisfaction, better job performance, and improved organizational success. This exploratory study examines the levels of compassion in accounting and business students, provides a gender analysis, and considers the importance of compassion to students pursuing careers in accounting and business. Findings show that there is a significant difference in levels of compassion between female and male students, and that compassion is important to student perceptions of their careers in accounting and business. Educators would do well to discuss compassion with their students, making them aware of its benefit to them personally and to the organizations in which they will work.

Is Mindful Parenting a Mechanism that Links Parents’ and Children’s Tendency to Experience Negative Affect to Overprotective and Supportive Behaviors?

The main goal of this study is to investigate the mediating role of mindful parenting dimensions in the relationship between parents’ and children’s tendency to experience negative affect (i.e., parents’ neuroticism and children’s negative reactivity) and parents’ overprotection and supportive behaviors. A sample of 399 parents (84.2% mothers) of children aged between 6 and 13 years completed self-report questionnaires assessing neuroticism, children’s negative reactivity, mindful parenting, parental overprotection, and support of children’s coping behaviors. A path model was tested through structural equation modeling. Parents’ and children’s tendency to experience negative affect were shown to be associated with lower levels of all mindful parenting dimensions. Parents’ neuroticism was shown to be directly associated with greater overprotection. In addition, parents’ neuroticism and children’s negative reactivity were both shown to be indirectly associated with lower levels of overprotection and supportive behaviors through lower levels of compassion towards the child and of emotional awareness of the child. In contrast, parents’ neuroticism and children’s negative reactivity were indirectly associated with a greater overprotection through lower levels of nonjudgmental acceptance of parental functioning. This study provides insight into how the temperamental tendency to experience stronger and more frequent negative emotions can contribute to parental overprotection and the parental support of children’s coping behaviors. Mindful parenting dimensions seem to shape the way neuroticism and children’s reactivity are associated with overprotection and supportive behaviors.

Compassion-focused therapy groups for people with intellectual disabilities: An extended pilot study.

People with intellectual disabilities who experience mental health difficulties often have high levels of self-criticism and shame. Compassion-focused therapy is a therapeutic modality effective in working with such feelings. This article follows on from a previous compassion-focused therapy group study exploring the impact of two compassion-focused therapy-based groups on how participants felt about themselves. Utilizing a mixed method design, the study illustrated that participants experienced higher levels of compassion and, overall, saw themselves more favourably by the end of the groups. They were also able to understand the basic concepts of compassion-focused therapy which reinforced previous study findings, suggesting that it is adaptable and clinically useful for people with intellectual disabilities.

Determining the feasibility and effectiveness of brief online mindfulness training for rural medical students: a pilot study

BackgroundWe sought to determine the feasibility and effectiveness of a mindfulness training program, delivered online to medical students at a Rural Clinical School.MethodsAn 8-week online training program was delivered to penultimate-year medical students at an Australian Rural Clinical School during 2016. Using a mixed methods approach, we measured the frequency and duration of participants’ mindfulness meditation practice, and assessed changes in their perceived stress, self-compassion and compassion levels, as well as personal and professional attitudes and behaviours.ResultsForty-seven participants were recruited to the study. 50% of participants were practising mindfulness meditation at least weekly by the end of the 8-week program, and 32% reported practising at least weekly 4 months following completion of the intervention. There was a statistically significant reduction in participants’ perceived stress levels and a significant increase in self-compassion at 4-month follow-up. Participants reported insights about the personal and professional impact of mindfulness meditation training as well as barriers to practice.ConclusionsThe results provide preliminary evidence that online training in mindfulness meditation can be associated with reduced stress and increased self-compassion in rural medical students. More rigorous research is required to establish concrete measures of feasibility of a mindfulness meditation program.

Hemşirelik Öğrencilerinin Merhamet Düzeyi ve Empatik Eğilim İlişkisi

Objectives: The aim of this descriptive type of study was OR: This descriptive type of study aimed to determine the levels of compassion and the empathic tendency of nursing students. Study Design: The study sample consisted of students of the Nursing Department of Health Sciences Faculty at Ondokuz Mayis University. The data were collected from April 1 to June 1, 2017, with a 12-question questionnaire, the Compassion Scale and the Empathic Tendency Scale. Analysis of the data was OR: Data analysis was used in the mean, percentage calculations, MannWhitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis test and correlation analysis. Results: The average age of students is 20.39±1.87, 29.5% of students are in first grade, and 79.6% of them are females and 64.1% of students live the compassion tiredness on average, 49.1% of students’ empathetic tendency is at the average level. Students’ point average of compassion scale is 72.79±10.02, empathetic tendency average point is determined as 68.34±8.21. Compassion fatigue scale total score was not statistically different compared to the questioned variables, but it was determined that the total score of the empathic tendency scale was affected by the patient’s suffering p

Developing compassion and emotional intelligence in nursing students: A quasi‐experimental study

This study examined the effect of the Caring Behavior in Nursing course on the compassion and emotional intelligence levels of nursing students. This quasi-experimental study was carried out using pretest and posttest design. The research sample consisted of the intervention (n = 37) and the control (n = 36) group. Data were collected through "The Emotional Intelligence Evaluation Survey" and "The Compassion Scale." It was determined that the compassion levels of the students in the intervention group were statistically significantly higher than the compassion levels of the control group of students. It was found that the Caring Behavior in Nursing course was effective in developing compassion.

The Rural Clinical School of Western Australia Mindfulness Project

Background: Medical students experience high levels of stress during their training. Literature suggests that mindfulness can reduce stress and increase self-compassion levels in medical students. Most mindfulness training programs are delivered face-to-face and require significant time commitments, which can be difficult to achieve for rurally-based students with heavy academic workloads.Aim: We sought to determine the feasibility and effectiveness of a mindfulness training program delivered online to medical students at a Rural Clinical School.Methods: An 8-week online training program was delivered to third year medical students at the Rural Clinical School of Western Australia in 2016.Using quantitative-qualitative mixed-methods approach, we measured the frequency and duration of the participants’ mindfulness meditation practice, and assessed changes in their perceived stress, self-compassion and compassion levels, as well as personal and professional attitudes and behaviours.Results: 47 students were recruited to the study. 50% of participants were practising at least weekly by the end of the 8-week program, and 32% of responding students reported practising at least weekly 6 months following the intervention. There was a statistically significant reduction in participants’ perceived stress levels and a significant increase in self-compassion at 6 month follow up. Participants reported qualitative insights about the personal and professional impact of mindfulness meditation training as well as barriers to practice.

간호 · 간병통합서비스 병동 간호사의 직무만족도에 영향을 미치는 요인: 공감피로와 공감만족, 의사소통효능감을 중심으로

Purpose: This study aimed to examine the levels of compassion fatigue/satisfaction, communication efficacy, and job satisfaction among integrated nursing and care services (INCS) units, and to analyze the factors affecting their job satisfaction. Methods: This descriptive study was conducted between January 1 and February 15, 2019 with 174 nurses working at INCS units. Data were analyzed using independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson`s correlation coefficient, and hierarchial multiple regression with SPSS/WIN 23.0. Results: Job satisfaction was significantly different according to age, marital status, monthly income, total clinical career, and job position. Job satisfaction was positively correlated with compassion satisfaction (r=.72, p<.001) and communication efficacy (r=.52, p<.001) and showed a negative correlation with compassion fatigue (r=.-25, p<.001). Factors affecting job satisfaction were compassion satisfaction (β=.61, p<.001) and communication efficacy (β=.18, p=.004). Overall, approximately 58.9% of the variability in job satisfaction was explained by these two variables in this study. Conclusion: Compassion satisfaction has the effect of maintaining an emotional balance in the nurse"s interprofessional relationships. High communication efficacy among professionals in the INCS ward is a necessary factor to increase nurses" job satisfaction. These results suggest that programs to improve compassion satisfaction and communication efficacy are needed to enhance nurses" job satisfaction.

The Measurement Of The Level Of Compassion Of Nurses In Operating Room

Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the compassion levels andthe factors that affect the compassion levels of the operating room nurses,which is an important part of the surgical process. Methods: This descriptivestudy was conducted with 236 nurses working in the operating rooms of publicand private hospitals between December 2017 and January 2018, whichallowed the study to be carried out in Istanbul. The Compassion Scale and theIndividual Information Form were used to collect data. The SPSS 23 forWindows computer program was used to analyze the frequency, Mann-Whitney U Test, Kruskal-Wallis H Test, Result: 47.1% of the operating roomnurses were male and 52.9% were female. The mean total score of theoperating room nurses Compassion Scale was 3.92 ± 0.85.According togender, kindness, common humanity, mindfulness, disengagement and totalcompassion level in male; ?ndifference and separation were higher in female (p&lt;0.05). According to marital status, the size of indifference was higher inmarried, all other dimensions were higher in single nurses. Conclus?on: In thelight of the findings obtained from the study, it can be said that the highestaverage score can be taken from the scale, and the compassion levels of theoperating room nurses are high.Keywords: Nursing, care, compassion, operating room nurses

Perception of compassion and professional values in nursing students: A cross-sectional multivariate analysis from Turkey

Professional values have been acknowledged as the foundation of nursing care, and compassion is recognized as one of these professional values. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between compassion and professional values and the factors that affect the perceptions of nursing students. A cross-sectional research design was used. There were two sample groups: 141 first-year and 185 third-year nursing students (N = 326). The data were collected using a Personal Information Form, a Compassion Scale and the Nursing Professional Values Scale-Revised. Study data were evaluated with univariate and multivariate regression analyses. No statistically significant difference was found between the students' compassion levels. At the same time, the mean professional values score of the third-year students was determined to be statistically significantly higher. Furthermore, it was determined that the compassion levels of female students were greater than those of male students, and the perception of professional values of those whose fathers’ education levels were high was greater. This study concluded that professional values increased as education levels increased but the level of compassion did not change. It is suggested that nursing education be shaped in order to include factors affecting the perception of professional values and compassion levels.

The compassion levels of midwives working in the delivery room.

Compassion-based practices in midwifery are the most important expression of the depth of care quality. This concept is insufficiently represented in literature, therefore, studies on this subject are of utmost importance. This study aims to determine the levels of compassion of midwives working in the delivery room and the factors affecting these levels. The study was carried out in Kocaeli, Turkey. This descriptive study was carried out from 1 February to 15 April 2019 in delivery rooms of six different hospitals located in the provincial centre of Kocaeli, Turkey, with 78 actively working midwives. Data were collected using a 'Compassion Scale' and analysed using the Mann-Whitney U test, the Kruskal-Wallis H test and the Spearman correlation test. This study was conducted according to ethical scientific guidelines. The compassion score of the midwives were found to be 4.19 ± 0.39. The total compassion score was affected by professional factors such as number of patients, alternating shift work, number of traumatic births and work satisfaction. While the kindness subscores decreased depending on shift work and number of traumatic births, it was determined that the midwives who were satisfied with their work had higher kindness scores than those who were not. Also, as the age and professional experience of the midwives and the number of traumatic births increased, their indifference score also increased. Midwives who reported that they were not satisfied with their job had higher scores regarding separation and disengagement scores than those who were satisfied with their job. It was determined that the compassion levels of midwives were found to be negatively affected by factors such as age, professional experience, job satisfaction and number of monthly traumatic births in a month. They should be reminded that compassionate midwifery care for women is a basic human right.

Compassion Levels of the Intern Students of Nursing and the Influencing Factors: Pilot Study

This research aims to determine the compassion levels of intern students of nursing and the influencing factors. It is a descriptive population research, which has been conducted with the participation of 46 student nurse interns. The data have been collected through the questionnaire that covers socio-demographic features and Compassion Scale (CS). Of the students, whose average average of age is 22.46±2.08, 80.4% are female, 58.7% are Anatolian high school graduate, 80.4% have middle income, 63% were grown up in a city and 82.6% have nuclear family. The average of total CS scores of the students is 4.07±0.54 and the sub-dimension average scores are respectively; 4.08±0.82(kindness), 4.11±0.68(indifference), 3.80±0.88(consciously sharing), 4.22±0.70(seperation), 3.96±0.77(conscious awareness) and 4.26±0.76(disengagement). In the research, females have higher scores than males in sub-dimension of being aware of CS sharings. It has been detected that the ones who were grown up in city centers and who take an active role in solving their friends’ problems have higher compassion levels(p&amp;lt;0.05). The ones who live in a nuclear family, statistically have higher average scores in sub-dimension of indifference(p&amp;lt;0.05). A significant difference has been detected between the variable of “mother’s level of education” and the average of total scores of CS kindness, indifference, and disengagement(p&amp;lt;0.05). It has been determined that intern students of nurse have high compassion levels; gender, family structure, place where they grew up, taking active role in solving their friends’ problems and mothers’ level of education are effective on the compassion levels of the students.

AN INVESTIGATION OF THE COMPASSION LEVELS OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS CANDIDATES

The aim of this study is to determine the factors affecting the level of compassion andthe compassion levels of professionals candidates. The population of this studyconsisted of 1382 students from Nutrition and Dietetics, Child Development,Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Nursing and Health Management. “DemographicInformation Form” which was developed by researchers in the literature andCompassion Scale developed by Pommier (2011) and also adapted to Turkish byAkdeniz and Deniz (2016) which able to measure compassion towards others was usedas a data collection tool. In the study, 34.7% of the professional health candidates werein the Nutrition and Dietetics Department, 33% were 20 years old and 78.7% werewomen. The mean score of the Compassion Scale of all students was 4.22 ± 0.24. Therewas a statistically significant difference (p <.05) between the scores of the first grade tothe last grade. A statistically significant difference was found in terms of indifference,seperation, mindfulness, disengagement sub-dimensions and general compassion scalescores. It was determined that compassion levels of health professionals candidatesdiffered in terms of gender, class and income status. In light of the findings obtained, itcan be explained in the lessons as a subject of compassion for the awareness of theemotions that will affect the feelings of compassion of the students of the health sciencesfaculty who will be health professionals of the future.Keywords: Compassion; Health Professionals; Compassionate Health Care

What if the company’s “charity of the year” is an organisation that deals with severe to moderate mental disability?

PurposeThis paper aims to explore the use of an appeal, belonging and commitment social marketing intervention to rescue a failing corporate “charity of the year” exercise that involved a mental disability charity. It describes the improvements experienced consequent to the introduction of volunteer “charity ambassadors” (CAs) appointed to champion the charity’s cause.Design/methodology/approachThe study revolved around company employees’ responses to an open-ended question concerning their attitudes towards people with mental disabilities. A semi-automated qualitative research technique (structural topic modelling [STM]) was used to analyse the replies both pre- and post-intervention. Regression analyses were undertaken to explain whether employees’ replies to the question fell in specific categories.FindingsThe intervention was successful. Employees’ attitudes regarding mentally impaired people shifted substantially away from fear and towards feelings of benevolence and compassion. Employees’ financial donations to the charity increased significantly consequent to the intervention. Levels of benevolence and compassion depended significantly on participants’ prior exposure to people with mental disabilities, gender and degree of involvement in activities associated with the intervention.Research limitations/implicationsStakeholders other than employees were not sampled. Open-ended responses to a single question can oversimplify complex issues.Practical implicationsOutcomes to the research demonstrate how CAs can induce positive attitudes and behaviour towards an “unpopular cause”.Originality/valueThe results highlight some of the problems attached to corporate sponsorship of unpopular causes. A relatively recently developed open-ended qualitative research technique, STM, was used to examine employees’ attitudes. Classifications of findings emerged from the data and did not depend on a predetermined coding scheme.

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Determination of Compassion Levels of Nurses Working at a University Hospital

This study was conducted to determine the compassion levels of nurses working in a university hospital. The study sample consists of 227 nurses who were available and participated in the research voluntarily during the study. The study data were collected by using “Nurse Description Form” and “Compassion Scale (CS).” In the analysis of the study data, number, percentage, mean and independent T test and ANOVA test were used. The total mean score of CS of the nurses was found as 97.02 ± 10.67. There was no statistically significant difference between gender, marital status and weekly work hours of the nurses and their total CS score means and total sub-scale score means. On the other hand, there was a statistically significant difference between the age variable of the nurses and the sub-scale of “separation,” between the education level of the nurses and their total CS score means. As a result, it was found that the level of compassion of the nurses was moderate and the level of education affected the compassion levels of the nurses.

Investigation of Life Satisfaction of The Parents Who Have Children With Special Needs in Terms of Their Compassion and Self-Understanding Levels

Bu araştırmada, özel gereksinimli çocuğa sahip anne babaların, yaşam doyumları-nın öz-anlayış ve merhamet düzeyleri açısından incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Araştırmanın ana değişkenleri olan öz-anlayış, merhamet ve yaşam doyumları tek tek ele alınmıştır. Verilerin anali-zinde aritmetik ortalama, ağırlıklı ortalama, t testi, F testi, Pearson korelasyon katsayısı ve Stepwise Regresyon analizi teknikleri kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın grubunu, 2016 yılında Konya’da bulunan kaynaştırma, alt sınıf, eğitim uygulama okulu ve rehabilitasyon merkezine devam eden özel gereksinimli çocuğa sahip 188 anne ve 113 baba olmak üzere toplam 301 ebeveyn oluşturmuştur. Araştırma bulgularına göre, özel gereksinimli çocuğa sahip anne babaların öz anlayışları, merhamet düzeyleri ve yaşam doyumları arasında anlamlı ilişkiler bulunmuştur. Anne-babaların merhamet düzeyi alt boyutlarında sevecenlik, umursamazlık, paylaşımların bilincinde olma, bağlantısızlık, ilişki kesme puanları, yaşam doyumuyla anlamlı düzeyde ilişkilidir. Merhamet ölçeğinin olumsuz boyutları olan umursamazlık, bağlantısızlık ve ilişki kesme boyutları yaşam doyumuyla ters yönlü bir ilişki göstermişken olumlu boyutları olan sevecenlik, paylaşımların bilincinde olmada fazla puanlar alan anne babaların ise yaşam doyumlarının daha yüksek olduğu bulunmuştur. Öz-anlayış ve merhamet düzeylerinin yaşam doyumu anlamlı düzeyde yordadığı saptanmıştır. Araştırma bulgularına göre özel gereksinimli çocuğa sahip anne babaların yaşam doyumlarını artırıcı öz-anlayış ve merhametli tutumlarını artırıcı psikolojik danışma ve rehberlik hizmetleri verilebilir.

Body compassion safeguards against the impact of major life events on binge eating

Body compassion is a fresh construct that incorporates two multidimensional concepts: body image and self-compassion. Although self-compassion has revealed a protective role against body image and eating-related problems (e.g., binge eating), the study of this specific compassionate competence focused on body image is still largely unexplored. The present study aimed to test two moderation models which hypothesized that body compassion moderates the impacts of (i) the cumulative number and (ii) negative appraisal of major life events on binge eating behaviours, in a sample of 458 women from the Portuguese general population.Results showed that body compassion was negatively associated with major life events and binge eating. Moderation analysis results demonstrated the moderator effect of body compassion on the relationship between major life events (both cumulative number and negative appraisal) and binge eating, accounting for 34% and 33% of the variance of binge eating, respectively. The moderator effect of body compassion was confirmed to low to medium levels of body compassion and, overall, results seem to suggest that, for the same levels of major life events (in number or negative appraisal), women who present higher body compassion present less binge eating symptoms. Although these data are preliminary and need support from a longitudinal design research, current findings appear to be promising by suggesting the relevance of promoting body compassion in prevention and treatment programs for disordered eating attitudes and behaviours.