Examining the attitude-behavior relationship in prosocial donation domains

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1293-1324

  Anker, Ashley E ^a   Feeley, Thomas Hugh ^a   Kim, Hyunjung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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EID: 77954636472     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2010.00619.x     Document Type: Article

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