Practice Effects on Empathy and Compassion
Indeed, we observed significant training-related improvements on both aspects of compassion in all 3 intervention groups (socioemotional, mindfulness-based, and waitlist socioemotional), with effects being slightly higher for the self-compassion composite (Cohen On the ecologically valid EmpaToM measures [When testing the validity of our findings using a frequently used empathy trait measure, the IRI [Interestingly, both self-report and behavioral measures revealed a general decline in empathy and other-related compassion in the waitlist control group. With preintervention assessments in August 2021 and postintervention assessments in November 2021, this might be reflective of seasonal rhythms in affect that relate to changes in day length [