“I Help Because I Want to, Not Because You Tell Me to”

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• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

• Publication date

  2012-02-09

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1177/0146167211435940PMID 22326945
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