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Toward Designing for Social Support Through Compassionate Interactions

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Prior research shows that compassion can promote social connection and well‐being. Compassion is characterized by noticing another’s suffering, connecting empathically, feeling concerned, and responding in a caring way. In this research, we engaged sixteen first-time parents in research activities to investigate how compassion is understood, perceived, and experienced by new parents to inform the design of potential technology solutions to foster support between new parenting partners. We posit that interventions facilitating compassionate interactions between new parents can improve support for new mothers, promote relationship satisfaction, and thus positively affect the overall wellness of new mothers during the transition to motherhood.

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      1. Compassion
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      4. Life Transitions
      5. Maternal Wellness
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      7. fatherhood
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      9. parenthood
      10. support intervention

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