Helping Fellow Beings: Anthropomorphized Social Causes and the Role of Anticipatory Guilt

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 224-229

  Ahn, Hee Kyung ^a   Kim, Hae Joo ^b   Aggarwal, Pankaj ^c  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

anthropomorphism; anticipatory guilt; prosocial behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COOPERATION; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; MALE; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; GUILT; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIOLOGICAL FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891919684     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797613496823     Document Type: Article

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