Confronting existential anxiety: The ultimate stressor

Stress Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 109-119

  Morse, Donald R ^a,b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Afterlife; Anxiety; Death; Existential; God; Immorality; Soul

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEATH; EXISTENTIALISM; FEAR; GUILT; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MORALITY; PANIC; PHOBIA; RELIGION; REVIEW;

EID: 0031896766     PISSN: 07488386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(199804)14:2<109::AID-SMI767>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Review

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