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personal distress: a standalone construct

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Social psychology

a self-focused, aversive reaction to another's suffering, such as alarm or upset, that motivates relieving one's own discomfort.

In social psychology, personal distress refers to a self-focused, aversive reaction to another's suffering, such as alarm or upset, that motivates relieving one's own discomfort. This meaning comes from Batson (1987) in Journal of Personality.[1]

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References

Batson, C. D., Fultz, J., & Schoenrade, P. A. (1987). Distress and Empathy: Two Qualitatively Distinct Vicarious Emotions with Different Motivational Consequences. Journal of Personality, 55(1), 19-39. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6494.1987.tb00426.x

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