Empathy and Compassion as Drivers of Helping Behavior

According to it an emotion is a function of two major factors: (1) power and quality of actual need (or drive, or motivation) and (2) estimation of probability ... We introduce overwhelm as a phenomenon commonly experienced by patients in clinical settings and distinguish between emotional overwhelm and informational ... People who are emotionally well, experts say, have fewer negative emotions and are able to bounce back from difficulties faster. This quality is called ... We propose that emotions provide embodied information about the costs and benefits of anticipated action, information that can be used automatically and ... Prakhar Biyani, Cornelia Caragea, Prasenjit Mitra, and John Yen. 2014. Identifying Emotional and Informational Support in Online Health Communities. In ... Informational counseling, also referred to as client and care partner ... Avoid providing too much information when emotions are high (Luterman, 2017). Dec 2, 2019 ... An online survey was developed to identify the usefulness of information available for patients with neuroendocrine tumors, also called NETs. Thus the data demonstrate informative and directive functions of affective states. The role of affect in information process- ing has recently received some ... Dec 30, 2013 ... All data are stored on Aalto University's server and are available upon request. Supporting Information. Supporting Information (PDF). More information on these initiatives is available under EDI Efforts . Open science. The APA Journals Program is committed to publishing transparent, rigorous ...