Deliver us from evil: The effects of mortality salience and reminders of 9/11 on support for President George W. Bush

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1136-1150

  Landau, Mark J ^a,g   Solomon, Sheldon ^b   Greenberg, Jeff ^a   Cohen, Florette ^c   Pyszczynski, Tom ^d   Arndt, Jamie ^e   Miller, Claude H ^f   Ogilvie, Daniel M ^c   Cook, Alison ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^g University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

9 11; Charismatic leaders; Election politics; Gearge W. Bush; Terror management theory; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

CHARISMA; RESIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; POLICY; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STUDENT; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; COMPOSITE RESINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; POLITICS; PUBLIC POLICY; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; STUDENTS; SUBLIMINAL STIMULATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4344700334     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167204267988     Document Type: Article

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