The Influence of Empathic Concern on Prosocial Behaviour in Children

This research explored the influence of empathic distress on prosocial behaviour in a resource allocation task with children. Children were randomly assigned to one of two conditions before engaging in a sticker sharing task; watching either a video of a girl upset that her dog had gone missing (emo...

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Main Authors: Amanda eWilliams, Kelly eO'Driscoll, Chris eMoore
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00425/full