Prosocial behavior, empathy, and sympathy

Well-Being: Positive Development Across the Life Course

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 253-267

  Eisenberg, Nancy ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84909177429     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410607171     Document Type: Chapter

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