Importance of Empathy for Social Work Practice: Integrating New Science
Importance of Empathy for Social Work Practice: Integrating New Science
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DOI：
10.1093/sw/56.2.141
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发表时间：
2011-04-01
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影响因子：
2.9
通讯作者：
Segal, Elizabeth
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作者：
Gerdes, Karen E.;Segal, Elizabeth
对于一个担心政治和社会经济困难的国家来说，同情比以往任何时候都更重要。在过去的10年里，大量的研究已经进行了阐明的性质，机制和移情的功能。来自社会认知神经科学和相关领域的新研究表明，就像语言或眼手协调一样，同理心是一种与生俱来的人类能力，可以通过有目的和明智的指导来大大增强。同理心在社会工作实践中尤为重要。通过治疗体验同情的客户改善了结果。同理心的社会工作从业者更有效，可以更好地平衡他们的角色。社会工作从业者可以而且应该了解关于同理心的新兴研究，并利用这些信息更好地为客户群体服务。这篇文章，强调过去十年的研究，重点是移情和它的好处作为一种资产，社会工作从业者。
Empathy is more important than ever to a national population worried about difficult political and socioeconomic situations. During the last 10 years, an enormous amount of research has been carried out to elucidate the nature, mechanism, and function of empathy. New research from social-cognitive neuroscience and related fields indicates that, like language or eye-hand coordination, empathy is an innate human capability that can be greatly enhanced by purposeful and informed guidance. Empathy is particularly important to social work practice. Clients experiencing empathy through treatment have improved outcomes. Empathic social work practitioners are more effective and can balance their roles better. Social work practitioners can and should learn about emerging research on empathy and use that information to better serve their client populations. This article, emphasizing research of the past decade, focuses on empathy and its benefits as an asset to social work practitioners.