Recent research from the Stanford Compassion Cultivation Program (CCT) indicates that people who develop compassion for others gain physical and emotional advantages, including enhancements in the ability to deal with difficult people. A June 2017 article in the journal of Mindfulness describes a clever use of multiple methods of data collection to understand these outcomes. Participants used an IPHONE app twice a day to rate different emotional states – anxiety, calm, fatigue, and alertness. They also were asked to comment on how successful they felt in regulating their emotional state and what steps they took to do that. People with compassion are better able to empathize another person’s suffering and to feel motivated to help them. In this case, the QUANT data on emotional and physical outcomes (e.g. fatigue, calm, anxiety) can be sorted by the strategies participants report to regulate negative emotions. Linked to an 8-week training program for teachers, this article is of p...
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