Compassionate love, generally defined as giving oneself for the good of another, has been receiving increased attention, especially in the context of romantic relationships. The purpose of the present research was to examine compassionate love "where it begins," namely, in the family. Seven studies were conducted to test the hypothesis that compassionate love would be correlated with various kinds of beneficence in familial relationships, including parent-child (Studies 1 and 2) and adult child-parent relationships (Studies 3-7). Levels of compassionate love and beneficence varied somewhat, depending on the gender of the parent and the child (e.g., adult children reported more compassionate love for their mother than their father). Across relationships, there was strong support for the main prediction that compassionate love would be associated with beneficence, such as willingness to sacrifice, responsive caregiving, and the provision of support. However, it was not the case that compassionate love was negatively associated with variables that were expected to be antithetical to beneficence (e.g., caregiving motivated by obligation). It was concluded that it is important to promote compassionate love where it begins-in the home-given its strong associations with other-oriented, prosocial motivations and behaviors. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

中文翻译：

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家庭中的慈爱和仁慈。


富有同情心的爱，通常被定义为为了他人的利益而奉献自己，越来越受到关注，尤其是在浪漫关系的背景下。本研究的目的是考察富有同情心的爱“从它开始的地方”，即在家庭中。进行了 7 项研究来检验这样一个假设，即富有同情心的爱与家庭关系中的各种仁慈相关，包括亲子关系（研究 1 和 2）和成人儿童父母关系（研究 3-7）。同情心和仁慈的程度因父母和孩子的性别而异（例如，成年子女报告对母亲的同情心比对父亲的爱更多）。在人际关系中，人们强烈支持主要预测，即富有同情心的爱将与仁慈有关，例如愿意牺牲、回应性照顾和提供支持。然而，同情心的爱并不是与预期与仁慈对立的变量（例如，由义务驱动的照顾）呈负相关。结论是，鉴于同情心与以他人为导向的亲社会动机和行为密切相关，因此在家庭中促进富有同情心的爱是很重要的。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 （c） 2024 APA，保留所有权利）。