Correlates of Compassion for Suffering Social Groups

@article{Floyd2022CorrelatesOC,  title={Correlates of Compassion for Suffering Social Groups},  author={Kory Floyd and Colter D. Ray and Rebecca James and Austin J. Anderson},  journal={Southern Communication Journal},  year={2022},  volume={87},  pages={324 - 338},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:249554862}}
ABSTRACT This study investigates whether multiple factors correlate positively or inversely with compassion felt toward suffering social groups. Data were collected from 367 participants during April 2020 to investigate hypotheses in the context of three suffering social groups in the United States during that time: the Black American community, the LGBTQ community, and those directly affected by COVID-19. Results showed that compassion toward suffering groups covaries inversely with one’s own… 

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