The body stripped downs: An existential account of the threat posed by the physical body

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 224-228

  Goldenberg, Jamie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Appearance; Creatureliness; Disgust; Mortality salience; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744476341     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0963-7214.2005.00369.x     Document Type: Article

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