Motivation for military service: A terror management perspective

Military Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-159

  Taubman Ben Ari, Orit ^a   Findler, Liora ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 33748528615     PISSN: 08995605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327876mp1802_4     Document Type: Article

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