The Relationship Between Highly Sensitive People and Compassion Fatigue and Intervention Methods

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The Relationship Between Highly Sensitive People and Compassion Fatigue and Intervention Methods

Jiayue Yang 1*
  • 1 Chongqing Technology and Business University    
  • *corresponding author 2292779852@qq.com
Published on 26 October 2023 | https://doi.org/10.54254/2753-7048/16/20231171
LNEP Vol.16
ISSN (Print): 2753-7056
ISSN (Online): 2753-7048
ISBN (Print): 978-1-83558-057-8
ISBN (Online): 978-1-83558-058-5

Abstract

In a state of compassion fatigue, people’s work performance and social status are easily affected, and in severe cases, they may even cause some influence and harm to others. Therefore, it is important to study the factors that tend to affect empathy fatigue, the people who are prone to empathy fatigue and how to alleviate empathy fatigue, so as to reduce the occurrence of empathy fatigue. In this paper, the relationship between hypersensitive people and empathy fatigue and how to intervene and alleviate this fatigue phenomenon is studied through theoretical analysis and questionnaire survey. The analysis of the data from the questionnaire revealed that the more oversensitive people are, the more likely they are to develop the phenomenon of empathy fatigue, as well as the explanation that self-care and self-compassion can effectively intervene and alleviate empathy fatigue. This study has some limitations, which are explained at the end of this paper.

Keywords:

compassion fatigue, highly sensitive people, emotional regulation, self-care, self-compassion

Yang,J. (2023). The Relationship Between Highly Sensitive People and Compassion Fatigue and Intervention Methods. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,16,266-271.
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Yang,J. (2023). The Relationship Between Highly Sensitive People and Compassion Fatigue and Intervention Methods. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,16,266-271.

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References

[1]. Chan, D. W. (2006). Emotional intelligence and components of burnout among Chinese secondary school teachers in Hong Kong. Teaching and Teacher Education, 22, 1042 – 1054.

[2]. Brackett, M. A., Palomera, R., Mojsa-Kaja, J., Reyes, M. R., & Salovey, P. (2010). Emotion-regulation ability, burnout, and job satisfaction among British secondary-school teachers. Psychology in the Schools, n/a-n/a.

[3]. Figley, C. (1995). Compassion fatigue: Coping with STS disorder in those who treat the traumatized. London, England: Brunner-Routledge.

[4]. Hofmeyer, A., Kennedy, K., & Taylor, R. (2020). Contesting the term ‘compassion fatigue’: Integrating findings from social neuroscience and self-care research. Collegian, 27(2), 232–237. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2019.07.001

[5]. Klimecki, O. M. (2015). The plasticity of social emotions. Social Neuroscience, 10(5), 466–473.

[6]. Valk, S. L., Bernhardt, B. C., Trautwein, F.-M., Böckler, A., Kanske, P., Guizard, N., et al. (2017). Structural plasticity of the social brain: Differential change after socio-affective and cognitive mental training. Science Advances, 3(10), e1700489.

[7]. Klimecki, O. M., & Singer, T. (2012). Empathic distress fatigue rather than compassion fatigue? Integrating findings from empathy research in psychology and social neuroscience. In B. Oakley, A. Knafo, G. Madhavan, & D. S. Wilson.

[8]. Singer, T., & Klimecki, O. M. (2014). Empathy and compassion. Current Biology, 24(18), R875–78.

[9]. Brindle, K., Moulding, R., Bakker, K., & Nedeljkovic, M. (2015). Is the relationship between sensory processing sensitivity and negative affect mediated by emotional regulation? Australian Journal of Psychology, 67(4), 214–221.

[10]. Borchard, T.J. (2010). 5 Gifts of being highly sensitive. Psychology Central.

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[13]. Liss, M., Mailloux, J., & Erchull, M. J. (2008). The relationships between sensory processing sensitivity, alexithymia, autism, depression, and anxiety. Personality and Individual Differences, 45(3), 255–259.

[14]. Mills, J., Wand, T., & Fraser, J. A. (2018b). Exploring the meaning and practice of self-care among palliative care nurses and doctors: A qualitative study. BMC Palliative Care, 17(63).

[15]. Neff, K. (2011). Self-compassion: The proven power of being kind to yourself. New York: Harper Collins Publishers.