Defenders of a lost cause: Terror management and violent resistance to the disengagement plan

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 761-769

  Hirschberger, Gilad ^a   Ein Dor, Tsachi ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Denial; Disengagement plan; Political violence; Terror management; Worldviews

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DENIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STUDENT; TERRORISM; VIOLENCE; WAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CULTURE; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; POLITICS; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STUDENTS; TERRORISM; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 33646386649     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167206286628     Document Type: Article

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