Empathy

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 443-466

  Davis, Mark H ^a  

^a ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective Response; Emotional Empathy; Empathic Concern; Personal Distress; Social Psychology Bulletin

Indexed keywords

EID: 85125961976     PISSN: 13896903     EISSN: 2542839X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-30715-2_20     Document Type: Chapter

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