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Terror Management Theory

2012
Terror management theory (TMT), based on the works of Ernest Becker, asserts that the fear of death contributes to many aspects of human thought and behavior. According to TMT, people use self-esteem and cultural worldviews to buffer awareness of death.
Jeff Greenberg, Jamie Arndt
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The role of oxytocin in terror management processes

Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2019
Research on terror management theory found evidence for the idea that attachment and interpersonal touch attenuate existential concerns and worldview defense reactions after mortality salience. Oxytocin, on the other hand, is known for stimulating the attachment system.
Michaela, Pfundmair   +2 more
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Terror management and cognitive-experiential self-theory: Evidence that terror management occurs in the experiential system.

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1997
The authors hypothesized, on the basis of terror management theory and cognitive-experiential self-theory, that participants in an experiential mode of thinking would respond to mortality salience with increased worldview defense and increased accessibility of death-related thoughts, whereas participants in a rational mode would not.
L, Simon   +6 more
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Managing the Terrorism Threat

Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, 2006
The building of barriers and buttresses against the terrorist threat is often a fruitless exercise in protecting critical infrastructure. The terrorist threat is a amorphous hazard which can influence many aspects of human life and is a hazard that is unlikely to disappear in any foreseeable future.
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Managing Nuclear Terror

1995
Abstract In the early years of the Cold War, American national security planners arrived at an interpretation of the probable reaction of the American people to a nuclear attack on the United States. They argued that the public would respond to the prospect of nuclear war with expressions of panic or terror.
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Culture and Terror Management: What is “Culture” in Cultural Psychology and Terror Management Theory?

Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 2010
Abstract Cultural psychology underscores the importance of culture in understanding human psychology. More recently, Terror Management Theory (TMT) also advanced the importance of culture from a perspective that regards culture as a tool for coping with existential concerns.
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A Fear Management Appraoch to Counter-Terrorism

Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism Studies, 2012
Veldhuis, Tinka, Bakker, E.
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Terror Management Theory

American Journal of Psychiatry, 2004
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Managing the terror.

2003
Tom Pyszczynski   +2 more
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