Need for closure and the social response to terrorism

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 279-290

  Orehek, Edward ^a   Fishman, Shira ^b   Dechesne, Mark ^c   Doosje, Bertjan ^d   Kruglanski, Arie W ^b   Cole, Angela P ^e   Saddler, Billie ^e   Jackson, Tarra ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78649455034     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01973533.2010.519196     Document Type: Article

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