Eliciting donations to disaster victims: Psychological considerations

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 221-230

  Zagefka, Hanna ^a   Noor, Masi ^b   Brown, Rupert ^c   Hopthrow, Tim ^d   De Moura, Georgina Randsley ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Donations; Helping; Pro social behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868600796     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: 1467839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-839X.2012.01378.x     Document Type: Article

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