Derogation and distancing as terror management strategies: The moderating role of need for closure and permeability of group boundaries

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 923-932

  Dechesne, Mark ^a   Janssen, Jacques ^a   Van Knippenberg, Ad ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROL; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL DISTANCE; STUDENT;

ADULT; AWARENESS; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STUDENTS;

EID: 0034567140     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.79.6.923     Document Type: Article

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