Same but different: Meta-analytically examining the uniqueness of mortality salience effects

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 6-10

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b FORT LEWIS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 78751629693     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.767     Document Type: Article

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