Failure causes fear: The effect of self-esteem threat on death-anxiety

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 665-669

  Routledge, Clay ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

death anxiety; self esteem; terror management

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FEAR; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FEAR; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS;

EID: 84865988154     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224545.2012.691915     Document Type: Article

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