Cleanliness and godliness: Mutual association between two kinds of personal purity

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1365-1368

  Preston, Jesse Lee ^a   Ritter, Ryan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Disgust; Embodiment; Purity; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865620613     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2012.05.015     Document Type: Article

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