Perceived consensus, uniqueness, and terror management: Compensatory responses to threats to inclusion and distinctiveness following mortality salience

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1055-1065

  Simon, Linda ^a   Greenberg, Jeff ^b,e   Arndt, Jamie ^b   Pyszczynski, Tom ^c   Clement, Russell ^a   Solomon, Sheldon ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^e University of Arizona   (United States)

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EID: 0031499678     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01461672972310006     Document Type: Article

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