Class and compassion: socioeconomic factors predict responses to suffering

Previous research indicates that lower-class individuals experience elevated negative emotions as compared with their upper-class counterparts. We examine how the environments of lower-class individuals can also promote greater compassionate responding-that is, concern for the suffering or well-bein...

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Published in:	Emotion (Washington, D.C.) Vol. 12; no. 3; p. 449
Main Authors:	Stellar, Jennifer E, Manzo, Vida M, Kraus, Michael W, Keltner, Dacher
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.06.2012
Subjects:	Emotions - physiology Empathy Female Heart Rate - physiology Humans Interpersonal Relations Male Psychological Tests Social Class Socioeconomic Factors Stress, Psychological - psychology
ISSN:	1931-1516, 1931-1516
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