Beneficiary or Benefactor: Are People More Prosocial When They Reflect on Receiving or Giving?

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1033-1039

  Grant, Adam ^a   Dutton, Jane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

cooperation; happiness; interpersonal interaction; life experiences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866384881     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612439424     Document Type: Article

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