The Meaning of Life and Death in the Eyes of Frankl: Archetypal and Terror Management Perspectives. [PDF]
This article aims to uncover the meaning of life and death across the lifespan of the extraordinary person, Viktor E. Frankl (1905–1997). Frankl was purposively sampled due to his international acclaim as an Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist, who ...
Mayer CH, Krasovska N, Fouché PJP.
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Social curiosity as a way to overcome death anxiety: perspective of terror management theory. [PDF]
Social curiosity has been found to have great benefits in human life, especially in fostering interpersonal relationships. Nevertheless there is indication of other benefit of social curiosity that have not yet been explored, namely overcoming the ...
Fitri RA, Asih SR, Takwin B.
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Terror Management Theory and the COVID-19 Pandemic. [PDF]
Pyszczynski T +3 more
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Factors influencing home health nurses' willingness to implement advance care planning based on Terror management theory: a cross-sectional study. [PDF]
Background With the global aging of populations, advance care planning is essential for ensuring dignified end-of-life care that honors patients’ preferences; however, its implementation in community settings remains limited. Although home health nurses,
Choi S, Mun M, Woo K.
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On the Compatibility of Terror Management Theory and Perspectives on Human Evolution
Terror management theory (TMT) posits that the uniquely human awareness of death gives rise to a potential for debilitating terror, which is averted by the construction and maintenance of cultural worldviews.
Mark J. Landau +3 more
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Where Health and Death Intersect: Insights from a Terror Management Health Model. [PDF]
Arndt J, Goldenberg JL.
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Existentialism and Death Education in Anime: A Micro and Macro Analysis of Cells at Work!
As the 2020 global pandemic has demonstrated with new force, we continue to struggle with managing primal, existential fear, even during the ongoing struggle to understand and combat a deadly infectious disease.
Irene Iwasaki
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Mind upload, or the digital copying of an individual brain and mind, could theoretically allow one to “live forever.” If such a technology became available, who would be most likely to approve of it or condemn it?
Michael Laakasuo +7 more
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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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IntroductionCoping with mortality threat, a psychological threat unique to humans and distinct from general emotional distress, is traditionally characterized by immediate suppression and prolonged worldview defense within the framework of the ...
Kanan Hirano +7 more
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