Does Empathy Trigger Only Altruistic Motivation? How About Selflessness or Justice?

Emotion

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 766-774

  Van Lange, Paul A M ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

altruism; egalitarianism; empathy; interpersonal orientation; self interest

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ATTITUDE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58249121922     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013967     Document Type: Article

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