Understanding death attitudes: The integration of movies, positive psychology, and meaning management

Death Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 387-407

  Niemiec, Ryan M ^a   Schulenberg, Stefan E ^b  

^a VIA Institute on Character ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; FANTASY; HUMAN; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TABOO;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FANTASY; HUMANS; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL VALUES; TABOO;

EID: 79956125211     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2010.544517     Document Type: Article

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