My Brother's Keeper?: Compassion Predicts Generosity More Among Less Religious Individuals

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-38

  Saslow, Laura R ^a   Willer, Robb ^b   Feinberg, Matthew ^b   Piff, Paul K ^b   Clark, Katharine ^c   Keltner, Dacher ^b   Saturn, Sarina R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

altruism; compassion; emotion; helping prosocial behavior; religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870895582     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550612444137     Document Type: Article

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