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Article Dans Une Revue International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Année : 2023

Improvements in Compassion and Fears of Compassion throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multinational Study

Marcela Matos
Kirsten Mcewan
Martin Kanovský
Júlia Halamová
Stanley Steindl
Nuno Ferreira
Mariana Linharelhos
Daniel Rijo
Kenichi Asano
Sara Vilas
Margarita Márquez
Sónia Gregório
Gonzalo Brito-Pons
Paola Lucena-Santos
Margareth da Silva Oliveira
Erika Leonardo de Souza
Lorena Llobenes
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Natali Gumiy
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Maria Ileana Costa
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Noor Habib
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Reham Hakem
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Hussain Khrad
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Ahmad Alzahrani
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Simone Cheli
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Nicola Petrocchi
Elli Tholouli
Philia Issari
Gregoris Simos
Vibeke Lunding-Gregersen
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Ask Elklit
Russell Kolts
Allison Kelly
Pascal Delamillieure
Julia Wahl
Mariusz Zieba
Mateusz Zatorski
Tomasz Komendziński
Shuge Zhang
Jaskaran Basran
Antonios Kagialis
James Kirby
Paul Gilbert

Résumé

During large-scale disasters, social support, caring behaviours, and compassion are shown to protect against poor mental health outcomes. This multi-national study aimed to assess the fluctuations in compassion over time during the COVID-19 pandemic. Respondents (Time 1 n = 4156, Time 2 n = 980, Time 3 n = 825) from 23 countries completed online self-report questionnaires measuring the flows of compassion (i.e., Compassionate Engagement and Action Scales) and fears of compassion toward self and others and from others (i.e., Fears of Compassion Scales) and mental health at three time-points during a 10-month period. The results for the flows of compassion showed that self-compassion increased at Time 3. Compassion for others increased at Time 2 and 3 for the general population, but in contrast, it decreased in health professionals, possibly linked to burnout. Compassion from others did not change in Time 2, but it did increase significantly in Time 3. For fears of compassion, fears of self-compassion reduced over time, fears of compassion for others showed more variation, reducing for the general public but increasing for health professionals, whilst fears of compassion from others did not change over time. Health professionals, those with compassion training, older adults, and women showed greater flows of compassion and lower fears of compassion compared with the general population, those without compassion training, younger adults, and men. These findings highlight that, in a period of shared suffering, people from multiple countries and nationalities show a cumulative improvement in compassion and reduction in fears of compassion, suggesting that, when there is intense suffering, people become more compassionate to self and others and less afraid of, and resistant to, compassion.
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hal-04044738 , version 1 (08-02-2024)

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Marcela Matos, Kirsten Mcewan, Martin Kanovský, Júlia Halamová, Stanley Steindl, et al.. Improvements in Compassion and Fears of Compassion throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multinational Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023, 20 (3), pp.1845. ⟨10.3390/ijerph20031845⟩. ⟨hal-04044738⟩
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