What is compassion and how can we measure it? A review of definitions and measures

Strauss, Clara; Lever Taylor, Billie; Gu, Jenny; Kuyken, Willem; A. Baer, Ruth; W. Jones, Fergal; Cavanagh, Kate

doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2016.05.004

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What is compassion and how can we measure it? A review of definitions and measures

Published in Clinical Psychology Review • May 27, 2016

Authors:

Clara Strauss

Billie Lever Taylor

Jenny Gu

Abstract

The importance of compassion is widely recognized and it is receiving increasing research attention. Yet, there is lack of consensus on definition and a paucity of psychometrically robust measures of this construct. Without an agreed definition and adequate measures, we cannot study compassion, meas...

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Psychology

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Compassion

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