Courageous Resistance: A Special Case of Altruism

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 787-805

  Shepela, Sharon Toffey ^a   Cook, Jennifer ^a   Horlitz, Elizabeth ^a   Leal, Robin ^a   Luciano, Sandra ^a   Lutfy, Elizabeth ^a   Miller, Carolyn ^a   Mitchell, Grace ^a   Worden, Emily ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Courage; Courageous resistance; Heroism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033482375     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354399096004     Document Type: Article

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