Be aware to care: Public self-awareness leads to a reversal of the bystander effect

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 926-930

  van Bommel, Marco ^a,b   van Prooijen, Jan Willem ^a,b   Elffers, Henk ^a,b   Van Lange, Paul A M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accountability; Bystander effect; Camera; Helping; Self awareness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862219019     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2012.02.011     Document Type: Article

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