Empathy

Encyclopedia of Human Behavior: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 32-37

  Stocks, E L ^a   Lishner, D A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Altruistic personality; Attitude change; Distress; Egoism; Emotional contagion; Empathy; Empathy burnout; Perspective taking; Prosocial behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903196297     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-375000-6.00148-8     Document Type: Chapter

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