The Relations of Dispositional Regulation and Emotionality to Elders' Empathy-Related Responding and Affect while Volunteering

Journal of Personality

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 157-183

  Eisenberg, Nancy ^a   Okun, Morris A ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMPATHY; GENDER IDENTITY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMPATHY; GENDER IDENTITY; HOSPITAL VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 0030094337     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1996.tb00818.x     Document Type: Article

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