Reduction of anxiety about death: Need for beliefs about immortality

Psychological Reports

Volumn 79, Issue 3 PART II, 1996, Pages 1315-1318

  Conn, Rebecca ^a   Schrader, Michael P ^a   Wann, Daniel L ^a,b   Mruz, Brent ^a  

^a Murray State University

^b MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; AWARENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STUDENT; SYMBOLISM;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; AWARENESS; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STUDENTS; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 0030341691     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1996.79.3f.1315     Document Type: Article

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