Social empathy attitudes: Do latino students have more?

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 438-454

  Segal, Elizabeth A ^a   Gerdes, Karen E ^a   Mullins, Jennifer ^a   Wagaman, M Alex ^a   Androff, David ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collectivism; Cultural re silience; Empathy; Latino culture; Social empathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957614407     PISSN: 10911359     EISSN: 15403556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10911359.2011.566445     Document Type: Article

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