Factors that influence willingness to help the homeless

Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-56

  Morgan, Michael M ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Empathy; Homeless; Prosocial behavior; Public attitude

Indexed keywords

EID: 21444436283     PISSN: 10530789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOSD.0000015188.20794.d5     Document Type: Article

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