Does Empathy Lead to Anything More Than Superficial Helping? Comment on Batson et al. (1997)

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 510-516

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Arizona State University ^*

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EID: 0031507619     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.73.3.510     Document Type: Article

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