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New study: Applying epidemiological methods to the study of compassion

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New study: Applying epidemiological methods to the study of compassion

Published online: 04.03.2026

While we often focus on the conclusions of our research, we rarely communicate the methods and basic design that drive them. However, in a new whitepaper, co-authored by us and published in the International Journal of Wellbeing, the usability of various epidemiological study designs are at the core.

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New study: Applying epidemiological methods to the study of compassion

Published online: 04.03.2026

While we often focus on the conclusions of our research, we rarely communicate the methods and basic design that drive them. However, in a new whitepaper, co-authored by us and published in the International Journal of Wellbeing, the usability of various epidemiological study designs are at the core.

While focusing on the study of compassion and its determinants, the whitepaper investigates how methods from epidemiological research into chronic diseases can also contribute to other research fields. 

In particular, methods that can accommodate lifetime exposures and emerging machine learning methods are shown to have a potential in providing a complementary, quantitative foundation for the study of abstract scientific concepts that - like compassion - has many of the same features as chronic diseases.

Authors

Heather Boyd
Anna Damkjær Laksafoss
Henrik Hjalgrim
Gry Juul Poulsen