Religious fundamentalism and terror management: Differences by interdependent and independent self-construal

Self and Identity

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-44

  Friedman, Mike ^a   Rholes, W Steven ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Death thought accessibility; Fundamentalism; Religion; Self construal; Terror management

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149131259     PISSN: 15298868     EISSN: 15298876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15298860801984788     Document Type: Article

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