Learning as a shield against death: a 10-day daily diary study examining mortality salience and academic engagement among college students [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyAcademic engagement is a critical determinant of success and wellbeing for college students. While previous research has identified the influence of stable environmental and individual factors, it has largely overlooked the impact of dynamic, daily ...
Yaqin Yan, Qing Xie, Ji Lai
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Prosocial Behaviors Following Mortality Salience: The Role of Global-Local Identity [PDF]
Behavioral SciencesThis research examines how reminders of mortality influence prosocial behavior through the lens of terror management theory. We propose that these effects depend on individuals’ global–local identity—the degree to which they identify with the broader ...
Bo Chen
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Believing in Karma: The Effect of Mortality Salience on Excessive Consumption [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 This research proposes that mortality salience leads individuals to engage in differentiation of excessive consumption based on their appraisal of the karmic system.
Siyun Chen +3 more
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Sign Evaluation and Compliance Under Mortality Salience
Interdisciplinary Journal of Signage and Wayfinding, 2020 This article examines sign communication effectiveness in the context of COVID-19 pandemic-related signs that promote behavioral changes. A program of four experiments assessed the influence of mortality salience on responses to signs promoting frequent
James J. Kellaris +2 more
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The Impact of Mortality Salience on Purchase Intention and Creativity Evaluation on Products During COVID-19 Pandemic [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 In the environment of COVID-19, people are faced with mortality salience (MS) and socioeconomic crisis. According to the terror management theory, the MS would lead to particular consumption attitudes and behaviors caused by the self-esteem and cultural ...
Chong Zu +6 more
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The Impact of Mortality Salience on Intergenerational Altruism and the Perceived Importance of Sustainable Development Goals [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2018 The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), consisting of 17 specific goals such as ending poverty, reducing inequality, and combating climate change, were proposed by the UN member states in 2014 for the ongoing UN agenda until 2030.
Saiquan Hu +3 more
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Benevolent Creativity Buffers Anxiety Aroused by Mortality Salience: Terror Management in COVID-19 Pandemic [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 With the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis, the public keeps getting epidemic-related information on the media. News reports on the increasing number of fatalities have exposed individuals to death, which causes negative emotional experiences such as ...
Yu-Xin Cui +7 more
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Mortality Salience, System Justification, and Candidate Evaluations in the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Experiments conducted during the 2004 and 2008 U.S. presidential elections suggested that mortality salience primes increased support for President George W. Bush and Senator John McCain, respectively.
Joanna Sterling +2 more
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Crisis conformity as affiliation defense under mortality salience: a TMT perspective [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyBackgroundDuring crises, individuals often exhibit elevated conformity, as evidenced by crowding, stampedes, and hoarding; however, the mechanisms driving this behavior remain underexplored.
Kexin Lu, Yang Gao, Yichen Ni, Hong Li
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DEFENSE MECHANISM AGAINST MORTALITY SALIENCE IN TURKISH MUSLIM POPULATION
Dini Araştırmalar, 2017 People who live in Turkey have experienced terrorist attacks for more than thirty years. In the past, the goals of the terrorist organizations were to frighten innocent civilians, but modern attacks are much more malevolent, and they have turned into ...
Mualla Yıldız +3 more
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