What being empathic means: Applying the transformation rule approach to individual differences in predicting the thoughts and feelings of prototypic and nonprototypic others

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 147-160

  Karniol, Rachel ^a   Shomroni, Dorith ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033084412     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0992(199903/05)29:2/3<147::AID-EJSP918>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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