TY - JOUR
T1 - The case for mindfulness-based approaches in the cultivation of empathy
T2 - Does nonjudgmental, present-moment awareness increase capacity for perspective-taking and empathic concern?
AU - Block-Lerner, Jennifer
AU - Adair, Carrie
AU - Plumb, Jennifer C.
AU - Rhatigan, Deborah L.
AU - Orsillo, Susan M.
PY - 2007/10
Y1 - 2007/10
N2 - Empathic responding, most notably perspective-taking and empathic concern, has important implications for interpersonal functioning. While empathy training approaches have received some support for a variety of populations, few extant interventions have targeted empathic responding in couples. Mindfulness- and acceptance-based behavioral approaches, for couples as a unit and/or for individual family members/partners, are proposed as an adjunct to empathy training interventions. Preliminary findings suggest that the viability of these interventions for increasing empathic responding should be further investigated, and specific suggestions for this line of research are offered.
AB - Empathic responding, most notably perspective-taking and empathic concern, has important implications for interpersonal functioning. While empathy training approaches have received some support for a variety of populations, few extant interventions have targeted empathic responding in couples. Mindfulness- and acceptance-based behavioral approaches, for couples as a unit and/or for individual family members/partners, are proposed as an adjunct to empathy training interventions. Preliminary findings suggest that the viability of these interventions for increasing empathic responding should be further investigated, and specific suggestions for this line of research are offered.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=35348877209&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2007.00034.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2007.00034.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 17935532
AN - SCOPUS:35348877209
SN - 0194-472X
VL - 33
SP - 501
EP - 516
JO - Journal of Marital and Family Therapy
JF - Journal of Marital and Family Therapy
IS - 4
ER -