Loss shapes political views? Terror management, political ideology, and the death of close others

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-7

  Chatard, Armand ^a   Arndt, Jamie ^b   Pyszczynski, Tom ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 77951133376     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01973530903539713     Document Type: Article

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