Terror management and cognitive-experiential self-theory: Evidence that terror management occurs in the experiential system

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1132-1146

  Simon, Linda ^a,e   Greenberg, Jeff ^a   Harmon Jones, Eddie ^a,d   Pyszczynski, Tom ^c   Solomon, Sheldon ^b   Arndt, Jamie ^a   Abend, Teresa ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PERSONALITY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0031138158     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.72.5.1132     Document Type: Article

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