'Protective donation'. When refusing a request for a donation increases the sense of vulnerability

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1059-1069

  Kogut, Tehila ^a   Ritov, Ilana ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Belief in a just world; Donation decisions; Magical thinking; Subjective evaluations; Willingness to help

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051912361     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.04.006     Document Type: Article

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