The undesired self: Deadly connotations

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 564-576

  Ogilvie, Daniel M ^a   Cohen, Florette ^a   Solomon, Sheldon ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Self discrepancies; Terror Management Theory; Undesired Self

Indexed keywords

EID: 43449084374     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2007.07.012     Document Type: Article

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