Courageous altruism: Personal and situation correlates of rescue during the Holocaust

Journal of Positive Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 136-147

  Fagin Jones, Stephanie ^a   Midlarsky, Elizabeth ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Character strengths; Courageous altruism; Holocaust rescue

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248531772     PISSN: 17439760     EISSN: 17439779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439760701228979     Document Type: Article

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