Terror Management Theory and Research: How the Desire for Death Transcendence Drives Our Strivings for Meaning and Significance

Jeff Greenberg, Kenneth Vail, Tom Pyszczynski

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87 Scopus citations
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)85-134
Number of pages50
JournalAdvances in Motivation Science
Volume1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2014

Keywords

  • Death
  • Death thought accessibility
  • Mortality salience
  • Self-esteem
  • Terror management
  • Worldview

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Psychology (miscellaneous)

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