Death in groups: Mortality salience and the interindividual-intergroup discontinuity effect

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 419-429

  McPherson, Sterling ^a   Joireman, Jeff ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intergroup aggression; Interindividual intergroup discontinuity effect; Mortality salience; Terror management theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449561620     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430209105044     Document Type: Article

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