The Postself and Terror Management Theory: Reflecting on After Death Identity Buffers Existential Threat

In contemporary secular societies, ideas of an afterlife have become quite diverse, ranging from secular to religious and spiritual conceptions. In this article, an experimental study is reported in which the postself, a person's imagination of an after-death reputation, is tested as a protecti...

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Authors: Wojtkowiak, Joanna 1982- (Author) ; Rutjens, Bastiaan T. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2011
In: The international journal for the psychology of religion
Year: 2011, Volume: 21, Issue: 2, Pages: 137-144
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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