The unresponsive bystander: Are bystanders more responsive in dangerous emergencies?

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 267-278

  Fischer, Peter ^a   Greitemeyer, Tobias ^a   Pollozek, Fabian ^a   Frey, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 33645696638     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.297     Document Type: Article

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