The contribution of agreeableness and self-efficacy beliefs to prosociality

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-55

  Caprara, Gian Vittorio ^a   Alessandri, Guido ^a   di Giunta, Laura ^a   Panerai, Laura ^a   Eisenberg, Nancy ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agreeableness; Empathic self efficacy beliefs; Prosociality

Indexed keywords

EID: 75649147385     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.739     Document Type: Article

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