The psychology of compassion and prosocial behaviour

Compassion: Conceptualisations, Research and Use in Psychotherapy

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 148-167

  Bierhoff, Hans Werner ^a,b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b German Psychological Association   (Germany)

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EID: 85083207945     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203003459-9     Document Type: Chapter

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