Temporal Perspective and Prosocial Behavior Under Mortality Salience: Evidence from Chinese University Students [PDF]
She-Hui Chang,1,2,* Peng Wu,1,* Hui-Zhi Li,2 Xing-Yue Jin,2 Bao-Liang Zhong2,3 1Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education, Hubei University, Wuhan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China; 2Research Center for Psychological and Health ...
Chang SH, Wu P, Li HZ, Jin XY, Zhong BL
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Deciphering the association between mortality salience and the “lying flat” movement: a social media analysis [PDF]
IntroductionWhen individuals face overwhelming situations, such as the heightened awareness of mortality triggered by the pandemic, they may adopt the “lying flat” response.
Jingyuan Zhu +5 more
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COVID-19 has brought awareness of the daily threat of death to everyone in the world and provided a natural context for raising widespread awareness of the salience of mortality.
Lin Peng, Siyang Luo
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Modelling associations between mortality salience, environmental concerns, and climate change risk perception in the context of the pandemic [PDF]
The pandemic and climate change are mortality salience triggers. Environmental issues, attitudes, and climate change risk perceptions were hypothesised to impact how individuals perceived the threat of COVID-19 and climate change during the pandemic. The
Andrea Marais-Potgieter +2 more
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Prosocial Behaviors Following Mortality Salience: The Role of Global-Local Identity [PDF]
This 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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Learning as a shield against death: a 10-day daily diary study examining mortality salience and academic engagement among college students [PDF]
Academic 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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News About Terrorism and Attitudes Toward Countries: The Role of Mortality Salience and Intergroup Threat [PDF]
Background. Media reports on armed fights or terror attacks introduce reminders of death into people’s daily lives. When people feel non-specific threats (mortality salience) or specific threats (intergroup threats), they may demonstrate unfavorable ...
Irina S. Prusova, Olga A. Gulevich
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Mortality salience effects and status consumption-A reasoned action approach. [PDF]
Prior research suggests that mortality salience (MS) can promote status consumption, yet it remains unclear how these effects are formed. To address this gap, we applied the Reasoned Action Approach, which provides a systematic framework to examine how ...
Jolien Arendsen +2 more
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Mortality Salience and Metabolism: Glucose Drinks Reduce Worldview Defense Caused by Mortality Salience [PDF]
The current work tested the hypothesis that a glucose drink would reduce worldview defense following mortality salience. Participants consumed either a glucose drink or placebo, wrote about either death or dental pain, and then completed a measure of worldview defense (viewing positively someone with pro-US views and viewing negatively someone with ...
Gailliot, Matthew T.
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Crisis conformity as affiliation defense under mortality salience: a TMT perspective [PDF]
BackgroundDuring 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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