Eliciting empathetic drives to prosocial behavior during stressful events
In the current pandemic situation, psychological science is increasingly considered by public health policy. Empathy is mainly recognized as a crucial drive for prosocial behavior. However, this rich body of evidence still lacks visibility and implementation. Effective social programs are needed, an...
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| author | Nicola Grignoli Nicola Grignoli Chiara Filipponi Chiara Filipponi Serena Petrocchi Serena Petrocchi |
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| description | In the current pandemic situation, psychological science is increasingly considered by public health policy. Empathy is mainly recognized as a crucial drive for prosocial behavior. However, this rich body of evidence still lacks visibility and implementation. Effective social programs are needed, and little is known about how to elicit empathetic drives. The paper gives first a clear foundation to the role of empathy during stressful events. It provides then a comprehensive overview of innovative interventions triggering empathic response in the public such as fiction, film, and theater. Moreover, it integrates interactive ways of sharing personal views that could elicit empathetic feelings in different people. Advances deriving from this perspective could be of significant public interest in the current and future health crises and help authorities develop innovative social programs, which should be the focus of further scientific inquiry. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1b89504898b6498ab2ffc3d146dcd7432022-12-22T04:36:59ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-10-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.963544963544Eliciting empathetic drives to prosocial behavior during stressful eventsNicola Grignoli0Nicola Grignoli1Chiara Filipponi2Chiara Filipponi3Serena Petrocchi4Serena Petrocchi5Cantonal Socio-Psychiatric Organisation, Public Health Division, Department of Health and Social Care, Repubblica e Cantone Ticino, Mendrisio, SwitzerlandDepartment of Internal Medicine, Regional Hospital of Bellinzona and Valleys, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona and Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano, SwitzerlandDepartment of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology, University of Milan, Milan, ItalyApplied Research Division for Cognitive and Psychological Science, IEO European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, ItalyFaculty of Biomedical Sciences, Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano, SwitzerlandLab of Applied Psychology and Intervention, Università del Salento, Lecce, ItalyIn the current pandemic situation, psychological science is increasingly considered by public health policy. Empathy is mainly recognized as a crucial drive for prosocial behavior. However, this rich body of evidence still lacks visibility and implementation. Effective social programs are needed, and little is known about how to elicit empathetic drives. The paper gives first a clear foundation to the role of empathy during stressful events. It provides then a comprehensive overview of innovative interventions triggering empathic response in the public such as fiction, film, and theater. Moreover, it integrates interactive ways of sharing personal views that could elicit empathetic feelings in different people. Advances deriving from this perspective could be of significant public interest in the current and future health crises and help authorities develop innovative social programs, which should be the focus of further scientific inquiry.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.963544/fullempathyprosocial behaviorstresssocial interventionfictiontheatre |
| spellingShingle | Nicola Grignoli Nicola Grignoli Chiara Filipponi Chiara Filipponi Serena Petrocchi Serena Petrocchi Eliciting empathetic drives to prosocial behavior during stressful events Frontiers in Psychology empathy prosocial behavior stress social intervention fiction theatre |
| title | Eliciting empathetic drives to prosocial behavior during stressful events |
| title_full | Eliciting empathetic drives to prosocial behavior during stressful events |
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| title_short | Eliciting empathetic drives to prosocial behavior during stressful events |
| title_sort | eliciting empathetic drives to prosocial behavior during stressful events |
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