Self-regulation after mortality salience : National pride feelings of action-oriented german participants

European Psychologist

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 218-228

  Kazén, Miguel ^a   Baumann, Nicola ^a   Kuhl, Julius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action orientation; PSI theory; Self esteem; Terror management theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 24144435275     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040.10.3.218     Document Type: Article

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