Death Contemplation, Growth, and Defense: Converging Evidence of Dual-Existential Systems?

Psychological Inquiry

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 278-287

  Cozzolino, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 56549118210     PISSN: 1047840X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10478400701366944     Document Type: Article

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