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Being creative. It is simply an expression of yourself, not something which has to meet museum, concert hall, gallery, or publication standards. A poem will do. A small sketch. The drawing of a heart, with words of love. Be confident in your expression of love in your eyes, in your hugs, in your being.

Zanna Smith · August 17, 2026 · Quora

Cultural as well as individual differences exist in people‘s vulnerability to emotional contagion ([Rothschild, 2006](/dissertation/references)). Western cultures based on individuality generally allow greater freedom in overt expression of negative emotions, compared to community-based Asian cultures ([Matsumoto & Kupperbusch, 2001](/dissertation/references)).

Zanna Smith · August 17, 2026

Hatfield, Cacioppo, and Rapson (1992, 1994) were early researchers into emotional contagion and its components, and defined it as the tendency to mimic and synchronize expressions, postures, gestures, and movements with someone else, and ―consequently, to converge emotionally‖ ([Hatfield et al., 1992, p. 154](/dissertation/references)). This can happen through telecommunication (e.g.

Zanna Smith · August 17, 2026

This phenomenological study was based on the following assumptions, in order to establish internal validity, credibility, and integrity:  CF resiliency among empathic HCPs is a phenomenon of lived experience.  The phenomenon of CF resiliency can be expressed best by those who have witnessed or experienced it.

Zanna Smith · August 17, 2026

Express yourself creatively (it doesn’t have to be a perfect masterpiece) to each of them. We love each person in a different way, and each person recognizes that. Recall an experience you shared with each of the children and describe the love and cherishing you had then and still have. Each person receives information in a different way, even when they are quadruplets.

Zanna Smith · August 17, 2026 · Quora

This abstract painting depicts dynamic ocean waves under a colorful sky, possibly at sunset or sunrise. The palette is vibrant, featuring blues, greens, purples, and pinks in the waves, contrasted with a warm yellow and light blue sky. The brushstrokes create a sense of movement and energy, giving the piece an expressive and lively atmosphere.

Zanna Smith · March 7, 2026

This abstract painting features dynamic swirls and organic shapes in a vibrant palette of deep blues, fiery reds, and hints of turquoise and orange. The brushstrokes create a sense of movement and energy, suggesting an expressive and fluid style, likely executed in acrylic or oil.

Zanna Smith · March 7, 2026

There is no single, universally accepted definition of human empathy, as noted above. It may take stepping into a higher plane of consideration of all recent empathy studies, with integration of significant findings and thought.

Zanna Smith · August 17, 2026

―Resilience is developmental. Being successful strengthens a person‘s competence‖ ([Greene & Conrad, 2002, p. 37](/dissertation/references)). The development of resiliency is described byWolin and Wolin (1995) in Table 1. They examined seven factors of resiliency across the lifespan, within substance-abusing families.

Zanna Smith · August 17, 2026

Psychological bases. A recent Swedish study ([Lundqvist, 2008](/dissertation/references)) of the influences of personality on susceptibility to emotional contagion, found that reward dependence correlated with all basic emotional components of the emotional contagion scale: anger, fear, sadness, happiness and love. Harm avoidance correlated significantly with susceptibility to anger and fear.

Zanna Smith · August 17, 2026

The analytic process was similar to ethnographic research in that the coding and study of interrelationships began when the first interview has been conducted, and was refined as the data was collected ([LeCompte & Schensul, 1999b](/dissertation/references)).

Zanna Smith · August 17, 2026

Emotional contagion occurs in all mammals, including rodents, as well as other types of animals such as birds ([Hatfield et al., 1992](/dissertation/references)). In humans it may take place in utero. It certainly is evident in the first days of an infant‘s life (Iacoboni, 2009; McDonald & Messinger (n.d.), Shamay-Tsoory, 2011).

Zanna Smith · August 17, 2026

life and limb, whatever‖ contributes to the development of compassion fatigue ([A6, December 7, 2012](/dissertation/references)). Compassion fatigue comes from ―having to face situations in which compassion is required, as a professional, every day, hour after hour, minute after minute, every single day. And after so much time, you‘re going to become fatigued‖ (P5, 23 November 2012).

Zanna Smith · August 17, 2026

Empathy consists of three parts: emotional empathy (also known as emotional contagion), cognitive empathy (ToM and TT explanations of our ability to take another‘s perspective), and self-distinction from the other ([Decety & Jackson, 2004; Hatfield, Rapson, & Le, 2009; Shamay-Tsoory, 2011](/dissertation/references)).

Zanna Smith · August 17, 2026

Theory of Mind (ToM). Cognitive and developmental psychologists for decades have studied how humans learn to make analogies between one‘s own experience and observation of another‘s experience, infer the other‘s mental state, and attune one‘s own behavioral response to the situation ([Shamay-Tsoory et al., 2004](/dissertation/references)).

Zanna Smith · August 17, 2026

Many people are attracted to the healthcare profession due to their empathy and compassion. Unfortunately these abilities, if unsupported, may lead to CF ([Figley, 1995, 2002; Hofmann, 2009; Sabo, 2011](/dissertation/references)). The diverse definitions for empathy, sympathy, and compassion make understanding difficult about how these traits are involved in CF.

Zanna Smith · August 17, 2026

Scribble with crayons, then write what comes to mind when you look at the scribble. No one needs to see this. Sometimes I deal with grief by getting a stack of paper and scribble-drawing on page after page. It doesn’t have to look like anything, but it gets past the words, and is an outlet for all the emotions that suicide of a friend can bring.

Zanna Smith · August 17, 2026 · Quora