Reinterpreting the Empathy-Altruism Relationship: When One into One Equals Oneness

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 481-494

  Cialdini, Robert B ^b   Brown, Stephanie L ^c   Lewis, Brian P ^a   Luce, Carol ^c   Neuberg, Steven L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ALTRUISM; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031230936     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.73.3.481     Document Type: Article

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