Empathy and Its Effect on Public Behavior about Humanitarian Aid in Conflict

• In Event: Empathy, Sympathy, and Compassion

Brief Overview

This study ascertains whether there is a relationship between empathy and public behavior. I hypothesize that inducing empathy will lead individuals to donate or volunteer to sign a petition to provide humanitarian aid in humanitarian crises.

Author

• Roselyn Abassah-Manu, University of Massachusetts-Amherst