After 9/11 at ground zero: The anxiety-buffering effects of worldview support on the first anniversary of 9/11

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 303-310

  Osborn, Chandra Y ^a,b   Johnson, Blair T ^a   Fisher, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34248374285     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324834basp2804_3     Document Type: Article

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