A quiet ego quiets death anxiety: Humility as an existential anxiety buffer

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 610-623

  Kesebir, Pelin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Entitlement; Humility; Self transcendence; Terror management theory; Virtue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEATH; EGO; ETIOLOGY; EXISTENTIALISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEATH; EGO; EXISTENTIALISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84897890144     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0035814     Document Type: Article

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