Empathic concern and prosocial behaviors: a test of experimental results using survey data.

@article{Einolf2008EmpathicCA,
  title={Empathic concern and prosocial behaviors: a test of experimental results using survey data.},
  author={Christopher J. Einolf},
  journal={Social science research},
  year={2008},
  volume={37 4},
  pages={
          1267-79
        },
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:205236870}
}
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