Gender differences in empathic accuracy: Differential ability or differential motivation?

Personal Relationships

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 95-109

  Ickes, William ^a   Gesn, Paul R ^b   Graham, Tiffany ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Texas at Arlington ^*

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EID: 0034412528     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2000.tb00006.x     Document Type: Article

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