Mixed reasons, missed givings: The costs of blending egoistic and altruistic reasons in donation requests

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1322-1328

  Feiler, Daniel C ^a   Tost, Leigh P ^b   Grant, Adam M ^c  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Giving; Helping; Persuasion; Prosocial behavior; Reactance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865645659     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2012.05.014     Document Type: Article

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