The Appeal of Tragedy: A Terror Management Perspective

Media Psychology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 313-329

  Goldenberg, Jamie L ^a   Pyszczynski, Tom ^a   Johnson, Kerri D ^a   Greenberg, Jeff ^b   Solomon, Sheldon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0347768407     PISSN: 15213269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s1532785xmep0104_2     Document Type: Article

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