Egosystem and EcosystemMotivational Perspectives on Caregiving

Moving Beyond Self-Interest: Perspectives from Evolutionary Biology, Neuroscience, and the Social Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Crocker, Jennifer ^a   Canevello, Amy ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Ecosystem; Egosystem; Motivation; Relationship; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921853279     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195388107.003.0059     Document Type: Chapter

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