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[[Sympathy]] is a social affinity in which one [[person]] stands with another person, closely [[understanding]] his or her [[feelings]]. It also can mean being affected by feelings or [[emotions]]. Thus the [[essence]] of sympathy is that one has a strong concern for the other person.
The [[psychological]] [[state]] of sympathy is closely linked with that of [[compassion]], [[empathy]] and empathic concern. Although empathy and sympathy are often used interchangeably, a subtle variation in ordinary usage can be detected. To empathize is to respond to another's perceived emotional state by experiencing feelings of a similar sort.[1] Sympathy not only includes empathizing (but not always), but also entails having a positive regard or a non- fleeting concern for the other person.[2]
In common usage, sympathy is usually making known one's understanding of another's unhappiness or [[Pain|suffering]], especially when it is [[grief]].
Sympathy can also refer to being aware of other (positive) emotions as well.
In a broader sense, it can refer to the sharing of [[political]] or ideological sentiments, such as in the phrase "a communist sympathizer".
The [[word]] derives from the Greek συμπάθεια (sympatheia)[3], from σύν (syn) "together" and πάθος (pathos) "passion", in this case "suffering" (from πάσχω - pascho, "to be affected by, to suffer").
==References==
# Chismar, D. (1988). Empathy and sympathy: the important difference. The Journal of Value Inquiry, 22, 257-266.
# Decety, J., & Batson, C.D. (2007). Social neuroscience approaches to interpersonal sensitivity. Social Neuroscience, 2(3-4), 151-157.
# Sympatheia, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, at Perseus
==Further reading==
* Decety, J. and Ickes, W. (Eds.) (2009). The Social Neuroscience of Empathy. Cambridge: MIT Press, Cambridge.
* Decety, J. and Batson, C.D. (Eds.). Interpersonal Sensitivity: Entering Others' Worlds. Hove: Psychology Press.
* Eisenberg, N., & Strayer, J. (1987). Empathy and its Development. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
* Lamm, C., Batson, C.D., & Decety, J. (2007). The neural substrate of human empathy: effects of perspective-taking and cognitive appraisal. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 19, 42-58.
==External links==
* [http://sampleletterofsympathy.com Letters of Sympathy]
* [http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0604/features/emotion.shtml Mirrored emotion] by Jean Decety from the University of Chicago.
* [http://griefandlosssympathy.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-to-write-sympathy-or-condolence.html Writing a sympathy Card]
[[Sympathy]] is a social affinity in which one [[person]] stands with another person, closely [[understanding]] his or her [[feelings]]. It also can mean being affected by feelings or [[emotions]]. Thus the [[essence]] of sympathy is that one has a strong concern for the other person.
The [[psychological]] [[state]] of sympathy is closely linked with that of [[compassion]], [[empathy]] and empathic concern. Although empathy and sympathy are often used interchangeably, a subtle variation in ordinary usage can be detected. To empathize is to respond to another's perceived emotional state by experiencing feelings of a similar sort.[1] Sympathy not only includes empathizing (but not always), but also entails having a positive regard or a non- fleeting concern for the other person.[2]
In common usage, sympathy is usually making known one's understanding of another's unhappiness or [[Pain|suffering]], especially when it is [[grief]].
Sympathy can also refer to being aware of other (positive) emotions as well.
In a broader sense, it can refer to the sharing of [[political]] or ideological sentiments, such as in the phrase "a communist sympathizer".
The [[word]] derives from the Greek συμπάθεια (sympatheia)[3], from σύν (syn) "together" and πάθος (pathos) "passion", in this case "suffering" (from πάσχω - pascho, "to be affected by, to suffer").
==References==
# Chismar, D. (1988). Empathy and sympathy: the important difference. The Journal of Value Inquiry, 22, 257-266.
# Decety, J., & Batson, C.D. (2007). Social neuroscience approaches to interpersonal sensitivity. Social Neuroscience, 2(3-4), 151-157.
# Sympatheia, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, at Perseus
==Further reading==
* Decety, J. and Ickes, W. (Eds.) (2009). The Social Neuroscience of Empathy. Cambridge: MIT Press, Cambridge.
* Decety, J. and Batson, C.D. (Eds.). Interpersonal Sensitivity: Entering Others' Worlds. Hove: Psychology Press.
* Eisenberg, N., & Strayer, J. (1987). Empathy and its Development. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
* Lamm, C., Batson, C.D., & Decety, J. (2007). The neural substrate of human empathy: effects of perspective-taking and cognitive appraisal. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 19, 42-58.
==External links==
* [http://sampleletterofsympathy.com Letters of Sympathy]
* [http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0604/features/emotion.shtml Mirrored emotion] by Jean Decety from the University of Chicago.
* [http://griefandlosssympathy.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-to-write-sympathy-or-condolence.html Writing a sympathy Card]
