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Communication and Terrorism: A Terror Management Theory Perspective
Communication Research Reports, 2005As 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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Reexploring the Connection Between Terror Management Theory and Dissonance Theory
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2005Building upon suggestive earlier findings, the present study sought to test more informatively the notion that reminders of mortality can intensify efforts at dissonance reduction. Toward this end, an induced-compliance experiment was conducted in which participants were given high versus low choice to write a counterattitudinal statement regarding a ...
Ronald S, Friedman, Jamie, Arndt
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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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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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Testing terror management theory in advanced cancer
Death Studies, 2021Death anxiety is common in advanced cancer due to heightened mortality salience. We tested terror management theory (TMT) in this population (N = 305) by evaluating the buffering effect of the distal defenses (attachment security, meaning, self-esteem) on the impact of physical impairment (a proxy for mortality salience) on death anxiety. Patients with
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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 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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Cultural Estrangement and Terror Management Theory
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 1998A new measure of cultural estrangement was described. The scale assesses the extent to which individuals believe (a) that their ideas, beliefs, or values differ from those of most Americans (the A typicality subscale) and (b) that they do not fit in with main-stream American culture (the Misfit subscale). Those scoring high on the A typicality subscale
Catherine Cozzarelli, Joseph A. Karafa
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Unresolved issues With Terror Management Theory
Psychological Inquiry, 1997Hoyenga, K. B., & Hoyenga, K. T. (1993). Gender-related differences: Origins and outcomes. Boston: Allyn & Bacon. Kyl-Heku, L. (1989). Tactics of hierarchy negotiation. Unpublished doctorl dissertation, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Marks, I. M. (1987). Fears, phobias, and rituals. New York: Oxford University Press. Nesse,
Mark R. Leary, Lisa S. Schreindorfer
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Terror management theory and the educational situation
Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2019How might we teach more successfully towards better relations between and among social groups? Recognizing factors that limit rapprochement with those with divergent worldviews has been a perennial...
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