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compassionate love: a standalone construct

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compassionatelove1 CONSTRUCTCompassionate loveSPRECHER · SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

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Social psychology

an enduring attitude of caring and tenderness toward close others or all humanity, oriented to understanding and supporting them when they suffer.

In social psychology, compassionate love refers to an enduring attitude of caring and tenderness toward close others or all humanity, oriented to understanding and supporting them when they suffer. This meaning comes from Sprecher (2005) in Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.[1]

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  1. Sprecher, S., & Fehr, B. (2005). Compassionate love for close others and humanity. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 22(5), 629-651. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407505056439

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