Cross-cultural differences in helping strangers

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 543-560

  Levine, Robert V ^a   Norenzayan, Ara ^b   Philbrick, Karen ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 0035628403     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022101032005002     Document Type: Article

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