Helping the child or the adult? Systematically testing the identifiable victim effect for child and adult victims

Is the identifiable victim effect (IVE; helping a single identified victim more than a statistical victim) stronger for child victims than adult victims? In this paper, we test the effect of identifying a victim and whether that victim is a child or adult on helping motivation and donation behaviors...

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Main Authors: Hajdi Moche, Daniel Västfjäll
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2021-01-01
Series:Social Influence
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15534510.2021.1995482