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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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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Emotional responses to mortality salience: Behavioral and ERPs evidence. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 Terror Management Theory (TMT) suggests that death-related thoughts activate proximal defense which allows people to suppress or rationalize death awareness.
Shiyun Huang, Hongfei Du, Chen Qu
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News About Terrorism and Attitudes Toward Countries: The Role of Mortality Salience and Intergroup Threat [PDF]
Psychology in Russia: State of Art, 2021 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]
PLoS ONEPrior 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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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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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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Temporal Perspective and Prosocial Behavior Under Mortality Salience: Evidence from Chinese University Students [PDF]
Psychology Research and Behavior ManagementShe-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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