Does a Candy a day keep the death thoughts away? The terror management function of eating

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 179-186

  Hirschberger, Gilad ^a   Ein Dor, Tsachi ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 20744438346     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324834basp2702_9     Document Type: Article

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