Illuminating the dark side of creative expression: Assimilation needs and the consequences of creative action following mortality salience

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1327-1339

  Arndt, Jamie ^a   Routledge, Clay ^a   Greenberg, Jeff ^b   Sheldon, Kennon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Creativity; Emotions; Growth motivation; Terror management

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CREATIVITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

AFFECT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CREATIVENESS; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 26444554965     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167205274690     Document Type: Review

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