Open access
Nov 2026
Who cares? Religiosity's role in compassionate responses to human suffering.
Compassion-defined as care and concern for others' suffering-is a core value in all world religions. Yet, extending compassion is often costly and therefore avoided. Could religiosity be associated with the motivation to amplify compassionate responses? Across three studies (N = 949, collected in 2022-2024) sampling fr...
Patty Van Cappellen, Paweł Łowicki, C. Tan et al.
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