A theoretical and empirical review of the death-thought accessibility concept in terror management research

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 699-739

  Hayes, Joseph ^a   Schimel, Jeff ^a   Arndt, Jamie ^b   Faucher, Erik H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Death thought accessibility; Existential psychology; Implicit social cognition; Terror management theory

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EXISTENTIALISM; FEAR; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONCEPT; TERRORISM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; EXISTENTIALISM; FEAR; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REPRESSION, PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERRORISM;

EID: 77956514704     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020524     Document Type: Article

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