Successfully challenging fundamentalist beliefs results in increased death awareness

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 794-801

  Friedman, Mike ^a,b   Steven Rholes, W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Death thought accessibility; Fundamentalism; Religion; Terror management

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547231125     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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