Effects of mortality salience on evaluation of ingroup and outgroup sources: The impact of pro- versus counterattitudinal positions

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 405-416

  See, Ya Hui Michelle ^a   Petty, Richard E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude similarity; Death anxiety; Ingroup; Outgroup; Social perception; Source evaluation

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEATH; FEAR; GROUP PROCESS; GROUP STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEATH; FEAR; GROUP PROCESSES; GROUP STRUCTURE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS;

EID: 33644986861     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167205282737     Document Type: Article

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