Multilayered meanings in health decision making: A terror management health model analysis

The Experience of Meaning in Life: Classical Perspectives, Emerging Themes, and Controversies

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 349-362

  McCabe, Simon ^a   Vail, Kenneth E ^a   Arndt, Jamie ^a   Goldenberg, Jamie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6527-6_26     Document Type: Chapter

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