Behavior genetics of prosocial behavior

Compassion: Concepts, Research and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 151-170

  Conway, Christopher C ^a   Slavich, George M ^b  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 85022221576     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315564296     Document Type: Chapter

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