Divergent reactions to the terror of terrorism: Personal need for structure moderates the effects of terrorism salience on worldview-related attitudinal rigidity

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 243-249

  Routledge, Clay ^a   Juhl, Jacob ^a   Vess, Matthew ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 77955890945     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01973533.2010.495667     Document Type: Article

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