TY - JOUR AU - Gilbert, Paul AU - Catarino, Francisca AU - Duarte, Cristiana AU - Matos, Marcela AU - Kolts, Russell AU - Stubbs, James AU - Ceresatto, Laura AU - Duarte, Joana AU - Pinto-Gouveia, José AU - Basran, Jaskaran PY - 2017 DA - 2017/04/27 TI - The development of compassionate engagement and action scales for self and others JO - Journal of Compassionate Health Care SP - 4 VL - 4 IS - 1 AB - Studies of the value of compassion on physical and mental health and social relationships have proliferated in the last 25 years. Although, there are several conceptualisations and measures of compassion, this study develops three new measures of compassion competencies derived from an evolutionary, motivational approach. The scales assess 1. the compassion we experience for others, 2. the compassion we experience from others, and 3. self-compassion based on a standard definition of compassion as a ‘sensitivity to suffering in self and others with a commitment to try to alleviate and prevent it’. We explored these in relationship to other compassion scales, self-criticism, depression, anxiety, stress and well-being. SN - 2053-2393 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40639-017-0033-3 DO - 10.1186/s40639-017-0033-3 ID - Gilbert2017 ER -