@snj_1970 Sue check this out: "In a series of experiments, we demonstrate that negative affect arising from children that could not be helped decreases the warm glow of positive feeling associated with aiding the children who can be helped". https://t.co/
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@BounouaSamy @GauthierTumpich Les grands nombres en tout cas. C'est pas absurde, d'ailleurs plusieurs études (mentionnées dans l'article de la BBC ci-dessus) suggèrent une propension plus faible à donner à des asso caritatives lorsque le nombre de personne
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Participants donated less to a child in need when other children that could not be helped were present. Children that could not be helped induced negative affect that reduced the positive warm glow for the child that could be helped. @DanielVastfjall htt
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RT @kellymcgonigal: My guess: this phenomenon ("pseudoinefficacy") contributes to compassion fatigue among professional helpers http://t.co…