Strained Interaction: Evidence That Interpersonal Contact Moderates the Death-Disability Rejection Link

Rehabilitation Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 464-470

  Ben Naim, Shiri ^a   Aviv, Gali ^a   Hirschberger, Gilad ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

attitudes towards disability; interpersonal contact; terror management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; DEATH; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; TERROR MANAGEMENT THEORY; WHEELCHAIR;

EID: 57749113705     PISSN: 00905550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013750     Document Type: Article

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