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The Meaning of Life and Death in the Eyes of Frankl: Archetypal and Terror Management Perspectives. [PDF]

open access: yesEur J Psychol, 2021
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]

open access: yesHeliyon, 2020
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]

open access: yesJ Humanist Psychol, 2021
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]

open access: yesBMC Nurs
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

open access: yesEvolutionary Psychology, 2007
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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Existentialism and Death Education in Anime: A Micro and Macro Analysis of Cells at Work!

open access: yesJournal of Anime and Manga Studies, 2021
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
doaj   +1 more source

Would you exchange your soul for immortality?—existential meaning and afterlife beliefs predict mind upload approval

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2023
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]

open access: yesPsychology 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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Social-coalitional trait is related to coping capacity with mortality threat: association with leadership and a reduced parietal response to mortality salience

open access: yesFrontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2023
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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