Compassion Fatigue as a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: Believing Compassion Is Limited Increases Fatigue and Decreases Compassion
Izzy Gainsburg, Julia Lee Cunningham
Psychological Science · 2023 · Volume 34 · Issue 11
DOI: 10.1177/09567976231194537
Abstract
People’s compassion responses often weaken with repeated exposure to suffering, a phenomenon known as compassion fatigue. Why is it so difficult to continue feeling compassion in response to others...
Keywords
compassion, compassion fatigue, social support, mindsets
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