Terror management and religion: evidence that intrinsic religiousness mitigates worldview defense following mortality salience.

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• Publication year

  2006

• Venue

  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

• Publication date

  2006-09-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1037/0022-3514.91.3.553PMID 16938037
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