Health and the Ecology of Altruism

Altruism and Health: Perspectives from Empirical Research

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Wilson, David Sloan ^a   Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly ^b  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adolescents; Altruistic behaviour; Altruists; Prosocial teens; Religiousness; Sloan study

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920138221     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195182910.003.0021     Document Type: Chapter

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