A Terror Management Analysis of the Psychological Functions of Religion

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• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  Personality and Social Psychology Review

• Publication date

  2010-02-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1177/1088868309351165PMID 19940284
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