The Social Dynamics of a Cultural Upheaval: Social Interactions Surrounding September 11, 2001

Psychological Science

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 579-585

  Mehl, Matthias R ^a   Pennebaker, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; TERRORISM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CULTURE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERRORISM;

EID: 0348252273     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0956-7976.2003.psci_1468.x     Document Type: Article

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