Clarifying the Function of Mortality Salience-Induced Worldview Defense: Renewed Suppression or Reduced Accessibility of Death-Related Thoughts?

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 70-76

  Greenberg, Jeff ^a   Arndt, Jamie ^b   Schimel, Jeff ^a   Pyszczynski, Tom ^c   Solomon, Sheldon ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0035579341     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jesp.2000.1434     Document Type: Article

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