Intervene to be Seen: The Power of a Camera in Attenuating the Bystander Effect

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 459-466

  van Bommel, Marco ^a,b   van Prooijen, Jan Willem ^a,b   Elffers, Henk ^b   van Lange, Paul A M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

altruism; bystander intervention; cameras; group processes; helping prosocial behavior; reputation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898895143     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550613507958     Document Type: Article

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