Mindfulness, empatía y compasiónevolución de la empatía a la compasión en el ámbito sanitario

  1. Bellosta-Batalla, Miguel 1
  2. Garrote-Caparrós, Elena 1
  3. Pérez-Blasco, Josefa 1
  4. Moya-Albiol, Luis 1
  5. Cebolla, Ausiàs
  1. 1 Universitat de València
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    Universitat de València

    Valencia, España

    ROR https://ror.org/043nxc105

Journal:
RIECS: Revista de Investigación y Educación en Ciencias de la Salud

ISSN: 2530-2787

Year of publication: 2019

Issue Title: Monográfico Mindfulness

Volume: 4

Issue: 1

Pages: 47-57

Type: Article

DOI: 10.37536/RIECS.2019.4.S1.125 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_opene_Buah editor

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Abstract

In the area of attention to mental health, empathy is an especially important aspect, since it is the basis on which the therapeutic link is maintained and the different psychological actions are articulated, facilitating an understanding of life and patient’s situations. In this regard, mindfulness and compassion-based interventions (MCBI) have shown to be effective in increasing empathy in healthcare professionals. However, there are still some inconsistencies in the study of empathy and its relation with mindfulness and compassion. In this article, a global vision of these constructs is exposed, stressing the importance of identifying the biases in the inference about the meaning of the experiences of others, and analyzing the impact of mindfulness and compassion in thehealthy management of emotions and its involvement in the approach to the other’s suffering. Finally, an explanatory model is introduced in which the above is integrated, and the influence of mindfulness in the evolution of empathy to compassion is suggested. The study of this association supposes a fundamental aspect in the investigation about the benefits of the MCBI on empathy in the healthcare field.

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