The worm at the core: A terror management perspective on the roots of psychological dysfunction

Applied and Preventive Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 191-213

  Arndt, Jamie ^a   Routledge, Clay ^a   Cox, Cathy R ^a   Goldenberg, Jamie L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Physical; Psychological; Social; Terror management

Indexed keywords

EID: 24644517558     PISSN: 09621849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appsy.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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