Two decades of terror management theory: A meta-analysis of mortality salience research

Personality and Social Psychology Review

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-195

  Burke, Brian L ^a   Martens, Andy ^b   Faucher, Erik H ^c  

^a FORT LEWIS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Death anxiety; Meta analysis; Mortality salience; Terror management; Worldviews

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951652188     PISSN: 10888683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088868309352321     Document Type: Article

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