A meta-analytic review of help giving and aggression from an attributional perspective: Contributions to a general theory of motivation

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 815-848

  Rudolph, Udo ^a   Roesch, Scott C ^a   Greitemeyer, Tobias ^a   Weiner, Bernard ^a  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; COGNITION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EMOTIONALITY; EMPIRICISM; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYPOTHESIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SIMULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 4544354371     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930341000248     Document Type: Review

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