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An expression of happiness or joy that results from comprehending another person’s positive emotional
state or condition.
References
Sallquist, J., Eisenberg, N., Spinrad, T. L., Eggum, N. D., & Gaertner, B. M. (2009). Assessment of preschoolers’ positive empathy: Concurrent and longitudinal relations with positive emotion, social competence, and sympathy. The journal of positive psychology, 4(3), 223-233.
Spinrad, T. L., & Eisenberg, N. (2017). Compassion in children. The Oxford handbook of compassion science, 53-63.
Synonyms:
sympathetic joy