Social value orientation: Related to empathy and the ability to read the mind in the eyes

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 711-726

  Declerck, Carolyn H ^a   Bogaert, Sandy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Empathy; Eye gazes; Prosocial behavior; Social value orientation; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BELGIUM; COOPERATION; EMPATHY; EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BELGIUM; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CUES; EMPATHY; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 58149388721     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/SOCP.148.6.711-726     Document Type: Article

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