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Suffering and compassion: The links among adverse life experiences, empathy, compassion, and prosocial behavior.

Lim, Daniel, DeSteno, David·2016·Emotion

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Experiencing past adversity traditionally has been linked to negative life outcomes. However, emerging evidence suggests that heterogeneity exists with respect to links between adversity and resilience, with adversity often enhancing cooperation in the face of joint suffering. Here, the authors present 2 studies designed to examine if the severity of past adversity is associated with an enduring propensity for empathy-mediated compassion, and, if so, whether the resulting compassion directly is, in turn, linked to behavior meant to relieve the suffering of others. Using both MTurk and laboratory-based paradigms, the authors find that increasing severity of past adversity predicts increased empathy, which in turn, is linked to a stable tendency to feel compassion for others in need. In addition, they demonstrate that the resulting individual differences in compassion appear to engender behavioral responses meant to assist others (i.e., charitable giving, helping a stranger).

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Authors: Lim, D., & DeSteno, D.
Affiliations: Northeastern University (US)
ORCID: Lim, Daniel
DeSteno, David
Venue: Emotion
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Published: 2016-03
Volume: 16
Issue: 2
Pages: 175-182
ISSN: 1528-3542 (ISSN-L)
1931-1516
DOI: 10.1037/emo0000144
OpenAlex: W2419787400
Cited by: 299
References: 43
Citations by year: 2026: 21 · 2025: 40 · 2024: 33 · 2023: 44 · 2022: 36 · 2021: 40 · 2020: 35 · 2019: 18 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 13 · 2016: 6
FWCI: 26.21
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Emotion (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Emotions and Moral Behavior
Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Resilience and Mental Health
Keywords: adversity, empathy, compassion, prosocial behavior, helping behavior, charitable giving, helping strangers, resilience, individual differences
MeSH terms: Emotional Adjustment, Adult, Aged, Cooperative Behavior, Empathy, Female, Helping Behavior, Humans, Individuality, Life Change Events, Male, Middle Aged, Stress, Psychological, Young Adult

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