Empathy, self-other differentiation and mindfulness
Book chapter
Atkins, Paul W. B.. (2014). Empathy, self-other differentiation and mindfulness. In In Pavlovich, Kathryn and Krahnke, Keiko (Ed.). Organizing through empathy pp. 49-70 Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203754030
Authors | Atkins, Paul W. B. |
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Editors | Pavlovich, Kathryn and Krahnke, Keiko |
Abstract | [Extract] This chapter presents an approach to understanding the basic psychological processes underpinning the construction of a sense of self and the capacity to take the perspective of others. I describe the interplay between thinking about the self and other that results in empathic concern, personal distress, or a range of other more or less helpful affective responses in the presence of another person (Atkins & Parker, 2012). In brief, I describe how we can see self and other either at the level of (a) conceptualizations, (b) a fl ow of experiences, or (c) as awareness itself; and how the nature and extent of differentiation needed at each of these three levels to support empathy is distinct. The chapter then reviews evidence that mindfulness training demonstrably improves empathy and suggests that this positive effect is at least in part the result of a changed relationship to the self and improved perspective taking. |
Page range | 49-70 |
Year | 2014 |
Book title | Organizing through empathy |
Publisher | Routledge |
Place of publication | New York, NY |
Oxford, United Kingdom | |
ISBN | 9780415844116 |
9780203754030 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203754030 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-84920457421 |
Web address (URL) | https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/acu/detail.action?docID=1386437 |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
2013 | |
Online | 2013 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8qv61/empathy-self-other-differentiation-and-mindfulness
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