Tit for tat in the face of death: The effect of mortality salience on reciprocal behavior

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 87-92

  Schindler, Simon ^a   Reinhard, Marc André ^a   Stahlberg, Dagmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mortality salience; Norms; Personal norm of reciprocity; Reciprocal behavior; Terror management theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867539761     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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