The Science of Compassionate Love

Theory, Research, and Applications

Susan Sprecher editor Lynn G Underwood editor Beverley Fehr editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Published:11th Jul '08

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The Science of Compassionate Love cover

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

“Through this volume, Fehr, Sprecher, and Underwood have provided a detailed compilation of related theory, research, and applications while also encouraging a reexamination of common conceptions of compassionate love and related constructs.” (PsycCritiques, June 2009)

“The contributors work in a variety of disciplines—social psychology, communication, health science. Together they present a state-of-the-art perspective, oriented toward future scientific investigations of compassionate love but in touch with its roots in developments such as humanistic psychology.” (CHOICE, March 2009)

ISBN: 9781405153935

Dimensions: 236mm x 160mm x 33mm

Weight: 826g

488 pages