Mood effects of unsuccessful helping: Another test of the empathy-altruism hypothesis

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 148-157

  Daniel Batson, C ^a   Weeks, Joy L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030079991     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167296222004     Document Type: Article

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