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It appears that the "Further reading" section is actually a list of offline references. If this phrase is in fact being used in multiple academic studies, then an artilce is valid. However, this badly needs to be de-jargonized. If the academics use this sort of jargon (and I'll bet that they do) then
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Terror management researchers have shown that making mortality salient to research participants will lead to such changes in behaviors and beliefs that seemingly protect worldview and encourage self-esteem
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returns 1130 hits on the phrase "Terror management theory". I haven't gone through them yet, but i suspect that there are some valid sources in there.
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the article oiught toi expalin what it means as well as that can be done, not simply repeat it. But all that is a cleanup issue, not a deletion issue.
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Do we have any references of this theory anywhere? Right now, it looks uncomfortably like a largely-ignored pet theory.
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a
309:. A massively influential theoretical perspective in social psychology. Plenty of references out there in the 208: 121: 244: 200: 184: 165: 314: 29:
The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below.
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because there are reliable secondary sources (peer-reviewed journals) about the term. From
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The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate.
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Knowledge (XXG):Articles for deletion
deletion review
El_C
19:25, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
Terror management theory
Terror management theory
edit
talk
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75.73.153.18
23:32, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
non-notable neologism
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Smerdis of Tlön
13:49, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
DES

14:50, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
Google scholar search
DES

14:52, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
Onnaghar

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