Overcoming beneficiary race as an impediment to charitable donations: Social dominance orientation, the experience of moral elevation, and donation behavior

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 72-84

  Freeman, Dan ^a,c   Aquino, Karl ^b   McFerran, Brent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnocentrism; Moral elevation; Moral emotions; Prosocial behavior; Social dominance orientation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GIFT GIVING; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; NEGRO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL WELFARE; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALTRUISM; CHARITIES; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GIFT GIVING; HUMANS; MALE; MORALS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL FACILITATION; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STUDENTS; VIRTUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58049149551     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167208325415     Document Type: Article

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