From personality to altruistic behavior (and back): Evidence from a double-blind dictator game

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 55, Issue , 2015, Pages 46-50

  Hilbig, Benjamin E ^a   Thielmann, Isabel ^b   Hepp, Johanna ^c   Klein, Sina A ^b   Zettler, Ingo ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON COLLECTIVE GOODS   (Germany)

^b University of Koblenz   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Altruism; Dictator game; HEXACO; Honesty Humility; Personality judgments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922438055     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2014.12.004     Document Type: Article

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