APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
Compassion, Culpability, and Heart Rate Measures: A Pilot Study
- Lindsay Wood
Indiana Wesleyan University - Ellen Steinke
Indiana Wesleyan University - Slusser Kara
Indiana Wesleyan University - Timothy Steenbergh
Lumen Research Institute - Timothy Steenbergh
Indiana Wesleyan University - Jason Runyan
- Jason Runyan
Indiana Wesleyan University
Abstract
We examine compassion, and heart rate measures, using vignettes varying in whether the person is partially culpable for their difficulties. Our findings suggest that culpability can influence compassionate responding, and that this is a feasible way to examine people who display high levels of compassion in the face of culpability.
Emotion
