Is Empathy-Induced Helping Due to Self-Other Merging?

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 495-509

  Batson, C Daniel ^a   Sager, Karen ^b   Garst, Eric ^b   Kang, Misook ^b   Rubchinsky, Kostia ^b   Dawson, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031478081     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.73.3.495     Document Type: Article

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