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Although the tendency to care for intimate others is universal, [4] there is wide variability in the quality and amount of caregiving that individuals enact. [36] [37] [38] This variability is determined by a multitude of factors, including characteristics of the caregiver, the care recipient, and the relationship. [39] [40]
Examples of people at risk for compassion fatigue are those who spend significant time responding to information related to suffering. [31] However, newer research by Singer and Ricard suggests that it is lack of suitable distress tolerance that gets people fatigued from compassion activities. [ 32 ]
The ethics of care (alternatively care ethics or EoC) is a normative ethical theory that holds that moral action centers on interpersonal relationships and care or benevolence as a virtue. EoC is one of a cluster of normative ethical theories that were developed by some feminists and environmentalists since the 1980s. [ 1 ]
It is more likely for a person to exemplify moral courage in adulthood if they were raised receiving respect and compassion from their parents than if they were raised in a violent environment. [6] Parents teaching moral values such as empathy, justice, equality, and a caring focus on others are indicative of the development of moral courage. [ 6 ]
Well-being is what is ultimately good for a person or in their self-interest. It is a measure of how well a person's life is going for them. [1] In the broadest sense, the term covers the whole spectrum of quality of life as the balance of all positive and negative things in a person's life.
Unconditional positive regard, a concept initially developed by Stanley Standal in 1954, [1] later expanded and popularized by the humanistic psychologist Carl Rogers in 1956, is the basic acceptance and support of a person regardless of what the person says or does, especially in the context of client-centred therapy. [2]
In the course of giving care, the caregiver is responsible for managing hygiene of themselves, the person receiving care, and the living environment. [6] Hand washing for both caregivers and persons receiving care happen often. [6] If the person receiving care is producing sharps waste from regular injections, then the caregiver should manage ...
Communion can be viewed as a caring act toward other people in a positive way, whereas unmitigated communion can be seen as a psychological distress. [6] In addition, communion is associated with the belief that other individuals are valuable, while unmitigated communion is not affiliated with any good or bad view of others.