Not only do anxiety and depression diagnoses tend to co-occur, but their symptoms are
highly correlated. Although a plethora of research has examined longitudinal associations …

Compassion has emerged as an important construct in studies of mental health and
psychological therapy. Although an increasing number of studies have explored …

Compassion focused therapy (CFT) is rooted in an evolutionary, functional analysis of basic
social motivational systems (eg, to live in groups, form hierarchies and ranks, seek out …

Background 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 …

Drawing on state-of-the-art personality and developmental research, this book presents a
new and broadly integrative theory of how people come to be who they are over the life …

Conceptualizations of emotion regulation have led to the identification of cognitive and
behavioral regulatory abnormalities that contribute to the development and maintenance of …

This Handbook provides a uniquely comprehensive and scholarly overview of the latest
research on prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination. All chapters are written by eminent …

Although a growing body of evidence suggests that giving to (helping) others is linked
reliably to better health and longevity for the helper, little is known about causal …

We examine recent evidence on the consequences of selfishness and otherishness for
psychological well-being, physical health, and relationships. In the first sections, we …

We argue that the importance of self-esteem lies in what people believe they need to be or
do to have worth as a person. These contingencies of self-worth are both sources of …