@article {den Ouden:1997:0301-2212:241, title = "SYMPATHY AND ALTRUISM IN RESPONSE TO DISASTERS: A DUTCH AND CANADIAN COMPARISON", journal = "Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal", parent_itemid = "infobike://sbp/sbp", publishercode ="sbp", year = "1997", volume = "25", number = "3", publication date ="1997-01-01T00:00:00", pages = "241-247", itemtype = "ARTICLE", issn = "0301-2212", url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/sbp/sbp/1997/00000025/00000003/art00005", doi = "doi:10.2224/sbp.1997.25.3.241", author = "den Ouden, Marieke D. and Russell, Gordon W.", abstract = "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.", }