Empathy, Awareness of Others, and Action: How Feeling Empathy for One-Among-Others Motivates Helping the Others

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 111-124

  Oceja, Luis V ^a   Heerdink, Marc W ^b   Stocks, Eric L ^c   Ambrona, Tamara ^d   López Pérez, Belén ^e   Salgado, Sergio ^f  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

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EID: 84898434826     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01973533.2013.856787     Document Type: Article

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