Disadvantage and prosocial behavior: The effects of the Wenchuan earthquake

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-69

  Rao, Li Lin ^a,b   Han, Ru ^a   Ren, Xiao Peng ^a   Bai, Xin Wen ^a   Zheng, Rui ^a   Liu, Huan ^a,b   Wang, Zuo Jun ^a,b   Li, Jin Zhen ^a,b   Zhang, Kan ^a   Li, Shu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Dictator Game; Disadvantage; Prosocial behavior; Residential devastation; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649909948     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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