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Compassion _The Perception of Common Humanity_The Sequential-Relational Model of Compassion

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posted on 2020-06-16, 21:53 authored by Debbie LingDebbie Ling
Poster presented at the Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development 2018 (SWSD 2018), Dublin, Ireland, 4-7 July 2018.

There is a lack of agreement in the literature regarding the core components of compassion. A critical review of the literature was undertaken to develop a clear understanding of what compassion is and how it arises.

The literature on compassion was searched across 25 years from January 1992 to May 2017 using electronic databases CINAHL and PubMed. Search terms used were “compassion definition”, “compassion model”, “compassion concept”, “compassion measures” and “compassion scale”. Inclusion criteria were articles in English that focused on defining compassion and its core components. Excluded were articles about related concepts such as empathy, self-compassion, compassion fatigue and compassion focused therapy. Google scholar and grey literature were also searched. 1121 articles were identified. Articles were then selected for their conceptual contribution to the current understanding of compassion. The final inclusion was 25 articles, five books, one book chapter and one government agency report.


Five central themes emerged:

1. Compassion is a concern that arises in response to the suffering of another, and a desire to alleviate that suffering

2. Compassion is focused on the other

3. Compassion arises in response to an identification with common humanity

4. Compassion is a motivation

5.Compassion is a process of appraisals

The Sequential-Relational Model of Compassion was developed to outline the key appraisals needed for compassion to come into being.

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    compassion definitioncompassion modelcommon humanityALTRUISM AND PROSOCIAL BEHAVIORHealthcare educationEmpathic Concernempathic distressStudies in Human Society not elsewhere classified

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