Personal relationships increase donations
Friday, August 22, 2008 - 12:49
in Psychology & Sociology
People tend to be more sympathetic to people suffering from the same misfortune as a friend. But friendship with a victim does not make people generally more sympathetic, according to the authors of a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.
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