On the Unique Psychological Import of the Human Awareness of Mortality: Theme and Variations

Psychological Inquiry

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 328-356

  Pyszczynski, Tom ^a   Greenberg, Jeff ^b   Solomon, Sheldon ^c   Maxfield, Molly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84860787546     PISSN: 1047840X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10478400701369542     Document Type: Article

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