Editing Polyamory (section)

===Compersion<!--'Compersion' redirects here-->===
{{See also|Mudita}}

'''Compersion'''<!--boldface per WP:R#PLA--> is a term coined by members of the polyamorous community to describe an [[empathetic]] state of happiness and joy experienced when another individual experiences happiness and joy.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Balzarini |first1=Rhonda N. |last2=McDonald |first2=James N. |last3=Kohut |first3=Taylor |last4=Lehmiller |first4=Justin J. |last5=Holmes |first5=Bjarne M. |last6=Harman |first6=Jennifer J. |date=2021-05-01 |title=Compersion: When Jealousy-Inducing Situations Don't (Just) Induce Jealousy |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-020-01853-1 |journal=Archives of Sexual Behavior |volume=50 |issue=4 |pages=1311–1324 |doi=10.1007/s10508-020-01853-1 |pmid=34041641 |issn=1573-2800}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last1=Thouin-Savard |first1=Marie I. |title=Compersion |date=2023 |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Sexual Psychology and Behavior |pages=1–7 |editor-last=Shackelford |editor-first=Todd K. |url=https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-031-08956-5_2472-1 |access-date=2024-08-17 |location=Cham |publisher=Springer International Publishing |doi=10.1007/978-3-031-08956-5_2472-1 |isbn=978-3-031-08956-5 |last2=Flicker |first2=Sharon M.}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Buczel |first1=Klara Austeja |last2=Szyszka |first2=Paulina D. |last3=Mara |first3=Izu |date=2024-07-01 |title=Exploring Compersion: A Study on Polish Consensually Non-Monogamous Individuals and Adaptation of the COMPERSe Questionnaire |journal=Archives of Sexual Behavior |volume=53 |issue=8 |pages=3285–3307 |doi=10.1007/s10508-024-02930-5 |pmid=38951409 |issn=1573-2800|pmc=11335843 }}</ref> In the context of polyamorous relationships, it describes positive feelings experienced by an individual when their intimate partner is enjoying another relationship.<ref name="mcchal" /><ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-polyamorists-next-door/201312/jealousy-and-compersion-multiple-partners-1 |title=Jealousy and Compersion with Multiple Partners – How polys deal with jealousy and feel happy when their lover loves someone else |last=Sheff |first=Elisabeth |date=December 17, 2013 |journal=[[Psychology Today]] |access-date=June 28, 2014 |archive-date=June 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140629144809/http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-polyamorists-next-door/201312/jealousy-and-compersion-multiple-partners-1 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="PolySoc" /> It has been variously described as "the opposite or flip side of jealousy",<ref name="PolyOz">{{Cite web|url=http://polyoz.net.au/component/glossary/Poly-Terms-and-Concepts-1/C/Compersion-5/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101141159/http://polyoz.net.au/component/glossary/Poly-Terms-and-Concepts-1/C/Compersion-5/|url-status=dead|title=PolyOz &#124; Compersion &#124; Poly Terms and Concepts|archive-date=November 1, 2012}}</ref> analogous to the "joy parents feel when their children get married",<ref>{{cite web | title = The Inn Between | url = http://www.theinnbetween.net/polyterms.html | first = Joreth | last = InnKeeper | access-date = March 31, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140410071143/http://www.theinnbetween.net/polyterms.html | archive-date = April 10, 2014 | url-status = live }}</ref> and a "positive emotional reaction to a lover's other relationship".<ref name=":7" /> The term is traced to the [[Kerista Commune]] in [[San Francisco]].<ref name="PolySoc">{{cite web |title=Polyamory Society Glossary |url=http://www.polyamorysociety.org/glossary.html |access-date=December 26, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130807030556/http://www.polyamorysociety.org/glossary.html |archive-date=August 7, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Anapol">{{Cite book |last=Anapol |first=Deborah M |year=1997 |title=Polyamory: The New Love Without Limits |publisher=IntinNet Resource Center |location=San Rafael, CA |pages=49–64}}</ref>{{sfn |Taormino |2008 |p=217}}