Can Text Messages Increase Empathy and Prosocial Behavior? The Development and Initial Validation of Text to Connect

• Sara Konrath ,

  * E-mail: skonrath@iupui.edu

  Affiliations Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, United States of America, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, United States of America

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• Emily Falk,

  Affiliation Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

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• Andrea Fuhrel-Forbis,

  Affiliation Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America

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• Mary Liu,

  Affiliation Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America

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• James Swain,

  Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Psychology, and the Center for Human Growth and Development, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America

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• Richard Tolman,

  Affiliation School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America

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• Rebecca Cunningham,

  Affiliations Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America, Injury Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America

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• Maureen Walton

  Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, Psychology, and the Center for Human Growth and Development, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America, Injury Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America

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