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Suicidality Calls to a National Helpline After a Terror Attack and War.

open access: yesJAMA Psychiatry
Benatov J   +3 more
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Terror Management Theory

Brill Research Perspectives in Religion and Psychology, 2020
Abstract From the perspective of terror management theory (TMT), the awareness of death is problematic as it has the potential to increase anxiety. It would be hard to function when faced with this fear; thus, people defend themselves from heightened mortality awareness by adhering to their cultural beliefs (e.g., religion, nationalism), having ...
Robert B. Arrowood, Cathy R. Cox
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The Management of Terror

2021
Abstract This chapter addresses the psychological impact of life-threatening disease of acute onset. Anxiety may be profound in this circumstance, with the severity of symptoms often meeting criteria for acute stress disorder (ASD) or posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in both patients and family caregivers.
Gary Rodin, Sarah Hales
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Communication and Terrorism: A Terror Management Theory Perspective

Communication Research Reports, 2005
As terrorism continues to raise the specter of death to levels of salience best measured on a global scale, terror management theory (TMT) offers valuable insights for communication theorists regarding the nature and psychology of terrorism. TMT provides a metatheoretic framework, which can help to unify a diverse range of communication theory ...
Claude H. Miller, Mark J. Landau
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Terrorism and risk management

Punishment & Society, 2008
Throughout the past few decades, Israel has developed a set of legal, criminal justice and other law enforcement initiatives under the broad category of 'counter-terrorism policy'. This policy attempts both to separate and manage more effectively a group of suspected and accused terrorists.
Mimi Ajzenstadt, Barak Ariel
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Knowledge Management, Terrorism, and Cyber Terrorism

2007
This chapter applies the conceptual framework of knowledge management (and vehicles familiar from that discipline) to analyze various aspects of knowledge as a resource for terrorist-organizations, and for confronting them, in the post-modern era. Terrorism is a societal phenomenon, closely integrated with changes in our knowledge society.
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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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Terror management in Japan

Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 2002
Do terror management effects generalize to non‐Western cultures? This question is significant because terror management theory offers an explanation of the origin of self‐esteem, whereas other research finds divergent self‐esteem motivations across cultures.
Steven J. Heine   +2 more
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