Donating to disaster victims: Responses to natural and humanly caused events

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 353-363

  Zagefka, Hanna ^a   Noor, Masi ^b   Brown, Rupert ^c   de Moura, Georgina Randsley ^d   Hopthrow, Tim ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79953056207     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.781     Document Type: Article

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