Emotion regulation moderates the association between empathy and prosocial behavior

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Lockwood, Patricia L ^a   Seara Cardoso, Ana ^a   Viding, Essi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; EMOTIONALITY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; ADOLESCENT; EMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901479627     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096555     Document Type: Article

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