Ideology, Fear of Death, and Death Anxiety

Political Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 601-621

  Castano, Emanuele ^a   Leidner, Bernhard ^b   Bonacossa, Alain ^c   Nikkah, John ^a   Perrulli, Rachel ^a   Spencer, Bettina ^d   Humphrey, Nicholas ^e  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Saint Mary's College Notre Dame   (United States)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Conservatism; Ideology; Mortality salience; Terror management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960195411     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2011.00822.x     Document Type: Article

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