Pilot study of a compassion meditation intervention in chronic pain
Journal of Compassionate Health Care October 8, 2014 Heather L Chapin, Beth D Darnall, Emma M Seppala et al. 58 citations
The emergence of anger as an important predictor of chronic pain outcomes suggests that treatments that target anger may be particularly useful within the context of chronic pain. Eastern traditions prescribe compassion cultivation to treat persistent anger. Compassion cultivation has been shown to influence emotional processing and reduce negativity bias in the contexts of emotional and...