"I help because i want to, not because you tell me to": Empathy increases autonomously motivated helping

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 681-689

  Pavey, Louisa ^a   Greitemeyer, Tobias ^b   Sparks, Paul ^c  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

altruism; autonomy; empathy; motivation; prosocial behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTRUISM; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTRUISM; AROUSAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859781640     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167211435940     Document Type: Article

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