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The caring motivation : an integrated theory / Ofra Mayseless

Author
Mayseless, Ofra, 1953-
Published
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Description
xiv, 422 pages ; 24 cm

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Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- Caring as motivation -- Caring as fundamental -- Caring as manifested in diverse domains -- Individual differences -- Why is this book necessary? -- The organization of this book -- pt. I CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS REGARDING CARING -- pt. I Introduction -- 2.Spiritual Views of Caring: Caring as Divine -- Christianity -- Buddhism -- Judaism and Kabbalah -- Contemporary spiritualities -- Chapter conclusion -- 3.Evolutionary Approaches to Caring/Caregiving -- Parental care -- Caring for nonprogeny -- Caring for in-group vs. out-group members -- Selective investment theory -- Developmental processes related to caring in our evolutionary history -- Individual differences -- Chapter conclusion -- 4.Empathic Processes as Key Experiences in Caring -- Evolutionary development of empathic processes -- Empathy -- Concern, compassion, and sympathy---the motivation to care -- Modulation of empathic responses -- Chapter conclusion -- 5.Biological Bases of Caregiving -- Animal studies -- Neurohormonal basis of human caring -- Oxytocin in human parenting and caring -- Oxytocin and caring in romantic relations -- Oxytocin and caring with strangers -- Modulation of oxytocin's effects on caring processes -- Genetics and caring -- Chapter conclusion -- 6.Attachment Theory and Caregiving -- The concept of behavioral systems -- Caregiving as a behavioral system in parenting -- Caregiving in romantic relations -- The importance of warmth and emotional bonding in caregiving -- A broader view of caregiving -- Chapter conclusion -- 7.Feminist Perspectives -- Caring as the sphere of women -- Caring and mothering are not freely chosen by women -- Women and caregiving are devalued and deemed inferior in patriarchal society -- Mothering as a way to subordinate women and relegate them to an inferior status in patriarchal society -- The idealistic and "natural" perception of mothering as another way of subduing women -- Mothering as involving ambivalence---love and hate -- Mothering as involving thinking and sophistication based on practice -- How do women become caregivers? -- Why patriarchal society adopted a negative evaluation of women, mothering, and caregiving -- Masculinity and femininity -- Reconciliation and Utopian projections into the future -- Chapter conclusion -- Part I Conclusion -- pt. II MANIFESTATIONS OF CARING AND CAREGIVING IN DIFFERENT DOMAINS AND CONTEXTS -- Part II Introduction -- 8.Caring for Familiar Others -- Caring in parent-child relations -- Compassionate love and social support -- Caregiving in romantic relations---an attachment perspective -- "Caregiving"---caring for others with mental or physical health problems -- Chapter conclusion -- 9.Caring for Strangers: Conceptual Perspectives -- Generativity -- Prosocial behavior -- Altruism -- Chapter conclusion -- 10.Caring for Strangers: Examples of Caring and Nurturance -- Volunteering -- Money donations and generosity -- Mentoring -- Chapter conclusion -- 11.Caring for Nonhuman Entities -- Caring for pets -- Caring for plants and gardens -- Caring for inanimate objects and abstract entities -- Chapter conclusion -- 12.Caring in Different Social Roles and Contexts -- Caring in teaching and schools -- Caring in the workplace---caring as a profession (the helping professions) -- Caring in the workplace---caring in organizations (organizational citizenship behaviors) -- Leadership and caring -- Apology, forgiveness, and reconciliation: coping with transgressions in dyadic relations, groups, and nations -- Chapter conclusion -- Part II Conclusion -- pt. III THE DEVELOPMENT OF CARING AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES -- Part III Introduction -- 13.The Developmental Course of the Motivation to Care: Ontogenic Development of Caring -- The early incipience of the motivation to care -- Childhood and adolescence---the powerful role of socialization -- Adolescence---puberty, loyalty in peer groups, caring bonds, and caring in romantic relations and across differences -- Adulthood---primacy of caring bonds and generativity -- Chapter conclusion -- 14.Individual Differences in Caring -- The development of individual differences in caring -- Prosocial personality disposition -- Multidimensionality of prosocial behavior -- Individual differences in how people care---caring styles -- Chapter conclusion -- 15.Sex/Gender Differences in Caregiving -- Evolutionary and biological accounts -- "Fight or flight" vs. "tend and befriend" approaches to stress -- Feminist and psychoanalytic approaches -- Anthropological and cross-cultural perspectives -- What can we make of men's and women's caring? A proposed resolution -- Chapter conclusion -- Part III Conclusion -- pt. IV A CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF CARING AS A MOTIVATION -- Part IV Introduction -- 16.The "Caring Motivational System": Fundamental, Innate, Complex, and Sophisticated (Composition and Operation) -- Caring as fundamental -- The nature of the caring motivation as a complex and sophisticated motivational system -- Kinds of involvement and care -- Intrinsic motivation and autonomous vs. controlled regulation as part of the caring motivation -- The importance of conscious decisions and unconscious instinctual processes -- The interplay between the caring motivational system and other motivational systems -- The importance of balanced and judicious enactment of care -- The universal path of development of the caring motivation -- Chapter conclusion -- 17.The "Caring Motivational System": General, Encompassing, Diverse, and Flexible (Similarity and Diversity) -- Caring as a general motivation---similarity across different domains and targets -- Caregiving targets organized as a fuzzy set -- Diversity, flexibility, and multidimensionality---distinctions among the different manifestations of caring -- Interrelations among the different manifestations of caring in the same person (within-individual diversity and flexibility) -- Prevalence of prosocial predispositions and the advantage of interindividual diversity -- Chapter conclusion -- 18.Tying the Diverse Conceptual Perspectives Together: Ultimate and Proximate Causes -- Ultimate causation---"what for" questions -- Proximal or direct causes for providing care---an overview -- Different routes to arousing care: empathy, perspective taking, morality, and meaning/purpose -- Psychological processes relevant to the formation and maintenance of caring bonds -- Unintended consequences of caring that may sustain caring -- The parenthood paradox revisited -- Chapter conclusion -- 19.The Nature of the Human Species: Conceptual and Applied Implications -- The shift in Zeitgeist regarding the centrality of care and the wish to give -- The caring motivational system in the context of major human dichotomies -- Caring as a reflection of our daimon -- Caring and our sense of life's meaning and purpose -- Caring as self-actualization -- Caring as reflecting our spiritual core -- Implications for research -- Applied implications -- Chapter conclusion -- 20.Summary and Major Contributions -- Summary of the main tenets of my conceptual perspective on caring -- The main contributions of this volume and the suggested conceptual model -- Final concluding remarks.
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9780199913619
0199913617
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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