Identity, place, and bystander intervention: Social categories and helping after natural disasters

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 229-245

  Levine, Mark ^a   Thompson, Kirstien ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emergency helping; Identity; Place; Self categorization

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542515441     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/SOCP.144.3.229-245     Document Type: Article

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