Social Class and Prosocial Behavior: The Moderating Role of Public Versus Private Contexts

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 769-777

  Kraus, Michael W ^a   Callaghan, Bennett ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

emotion; prosocial behavior; social class; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994159045     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550616659120     Document Type: Article

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