Exploring the Existential Function of Religion: The Effect of Religious Fundamentalism and Mortality Salience on Faith-Based Medical Refusals

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 334-350

  Vess, Matthew ^a   Arndt, Jamie ^a   Cox, Cathy R ^a   Routledge, Clay ^b   Goldenberg, Jamie L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

faith based medical refusals; religious fundamentalism; search for meaning in life; terror management theory

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DECISION MAKING; EXISTENTIALISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; STUDENT; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DECISION MAKING; EXISTENTIALISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MISSOURI; RELIGION; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENTS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67949112886     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015545     Document Type: Article

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