Being Empathic: The Role of Motivation to Empathize and the Nature of Target Emotions

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-49

  Duan, Changming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

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EID: 0345854826     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005587525609     Document Type: Article

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