Terror management in times of war: Mortality salience effects on self-esteem and governmental and army support

Journal of Peace Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 225-234

  Chatard, Armand ^a   Selimbegović, Leila ^b   Konan, Paul N'Dri ^a   Arndt, Jamie ^c   Pyszczynski, Tom ^d   Lorenzi Cioldi, Fabio ^a   van der Linden, Martial ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

governmental and army support; mortality salience; self esteem; terror management; war

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953272967     PISSN: 00223433     EISSN: 14603578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022343310397435     Document Type: Article

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