The Science of Compassionate Love: Theory, Research, and Applications

Fehr, Beverley; Sprecher, Susan; Underwood, Lynn G.

ISBN 10: 1405153946 / ISBN 13: 9781405153942

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell (edition 1), 2008

It's a preowned item in good condition and includes all the pages. It may have some general signs of wear and tear, such as markings, highlighting, slight damage to the cover, minimal wear to the binding, etc., but they will not affect the overall reading experience. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1405153946-11-1

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The Science of Compassionate Love is an interdisciplinary volume that presents cutting-edge scholarship on the topics of altruism and compassionate love. The book

• Adopts a social science approach to understanding compassionate love
  
• Emphasizes positive features of social interaction
  
• Encourages the appropriate expression of compassionate love both to those in intimate relationships and to strangers
  
• Includes articles by distinguished contributors from the fields of Psychology, Sociology, Communication Studies, Family Studies, Epidemiology, Medicine and Nursing
  
• Is ideal for workshops on compassionate love, Positive Psychology, and creating constructive interactions between health professionals and patients

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Beverley Fehr is Professor of Psychology at the University of Winnipeg.

Susan Sprecher is Professor of Sociology with Joint Appointment in Psychology at Illinois State University.

Lynn G. Underwood is Professor of Biomedical Humanities at Hiram College.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Science of Compassionate Love: Theory, ...
Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell (edition 1)
Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Good
Auflage: 1.