Civil courage and helping behavior differences and similarities

European Psychologist

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 90-98

  Greitemeyer, Tobias ^a   Fischer, Peter ^a   Kastenmüller, Andreas ^a   Frey, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Civil courage; Helping behavior; Prosocial behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745448405     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040.11.2.90     Document Type: Article

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