Perceived collective continuity and ingroup identification as defence against death awareness

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 242-245

  Sani, Fabio ^a   Herrera, Marina ^b   Bowe, Mhairi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Group identification; Perceived collective continuity; Social identity; Symbolic immortality; Terror management theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 56549111138     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2008.07.019     Document Type: Article

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