Immediate and delayed effects of causal uncertainty inductions on uncertainty accessibility

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1106-1113

  Wichman, Aaron L ^a   Brunner, Ryan P ^a   Weary, Gifford ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Causal uncertainty; Compensatory conviction; Inhibition; Self doubt; Self threat; Terror Management Theory; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 44549083337     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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