Vulnerability and vigilance: Threat awareness and perceived adversary intent moderate the impact of mortality salience on intergroup violence

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 597-607

  Hirschberger, Gilad ^a   Pyszczynski, Thomas ^b   Ein Dor, Tsachi ^c  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Conflict; Perceived vulnerability; Terror management; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC WARFARE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; ISRAEL; JEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PERCEPTION; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PROBLEM; TERRORISM; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; AWARENESS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; IRAN; ISLAM; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR WARFARE; PAIN; POLITICS; RACE RELATIONS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TERRORISM; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65449157642     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167208331093     Document Type: Article

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