Display of empathy and perception of out-group members

New Zealand Journal of Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 42-49

  Yabar, Yanelia ^a,b,c   Hess, Ursula ^b  

^a Open Polytechnic of   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Open Polytechnic of New Zealand   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Empathy; In group out group relations; Interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248398508     PISSN: 0112109X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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