Sympathy and altruism in response to disasters: A Dutch and Canadian comparison

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Marieke Den Ouden
Gordon W. Russell
Cite this article:  Den Ouden, M., & Russell, G. (1997). Sympathy and altruism in response to disasters: A Dutch and Canadian comparison. Social Behavior and Personality: An international journal, 25(3), 241-248.


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Subjects (N = 343) were students at a Dutch and Canadian university who provided ratings of sympathy and financial assistance for victims of ten international disasters. Canadian subjects expressed greater sympathy and gave more money from a personal windfall than did Dutch subjects. Females overall expressed greater sympathy, although males and females provided equal amounts of assistance.
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