General beliefs about the world as defensive mechanisms against death anxiety

Omega: Journal of Death and Dying

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 199-214

  Hui, Victoria Ka Ying ^a,b   Bond, Michael Harris ^a   Ng, Timmy Sze Wing ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT;

ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS;

EID: 34548386241     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: 15413764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/8NQ6-1420-4347-H1G1     Document Type: Article

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