Does peace have a prayer? The effect of mortality salience, compassionate values, and religious fundamentalism on hostility toward out-groups

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 816-827

  Rothschild, Zachary K ^a   Abdollahi, Abdolhossein ^b   Pyszczynski, Tom ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Intergroup conflict; Religious fundamentalism; Terror management; Terrorism; War

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651113814     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2009.05.016     Document Type: Article

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