Self-Related Consequences of Death Fear and Death Denial

Death Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 418-422

  Cozzolino, Philip J ^a   Blackie, Laura E R ^b   Meyers, Lawrence S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DENIAL; EXISTENTIALISM; FEAR; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); EXISTENTIALISM; FEAR; HUMANS; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 84897057252     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2013.780110     Document Type: Article

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