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Terror threat perception and its consequences in contemporary Britain [PDF]

, 2005
The terrorist attacks of 9/11, and subsequent terrorist acts around the world, have alerted social psychologists to the need to examine the antecedents and consequences of terrorist threat perception. In these two studies we examined the predictive power
Gaines, SO, Goodwin, R, Wilson, M
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A Psychosocial Evaluation of the Coronavirus Pandemic

Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar, 2021
In this study, the coronavirus pandemic process, which caused a global crisis, was evaluated in the framework of some psychological theories. This pandemic, in which the whole world goes through and is affected at the same time, has many consequences ...
Hilal Kaya, Elvan Kiremitçi Canıöz
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Distressful Empathy in Reading Literature: The Case for Terror Management Theory? [PDF]

, 2017
This article will investigate the extent to which predictions of Terror Management Theory also hold on reading literature. Indeed, death is ubiquitous in fiction.
Chesnokova, Anna, Springer, Matthias, van Peer, Willie   +2 more
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Why do health-risk awareness and materialism drive consumers' acceptance intentions for smart green buildings?

Frontiers in Psychology
As the threat of global warming to human beings has gradually received attention, this article introduces the terror management theory to explain whether health risk awareness will affect their willingness to accept smart green buildings and that ...
Lydia Chu
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The friend of my enemy is my enemy: international alliances and international terrorism [PDF]

, 2009
Terrorism is an instrument for groups that cannot achieve their political goals legally. One important strategic function of terrorism is to weaken the government – either directly by attacking representatives or supporters of the government or ...
Neumayer, Eric, Plümper, Thomas
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The Central Intelligence Agency’s armed Remotely Piloted Vehicle-supported counter-insurgency campaign in Pakistan – a mission undermined by unintended consequences? [PDF]

, 2014
This paper views America's 'drones-first' counter-insurgency effort in Pakistan through the lens of Merton's theory of the unintended consequences of purposive action.
Bennett, Simon
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Negotiating the inhuman: Bakhtin, materiality and the instrumentalization of climate change [PDF]

, 2013
The article argues that the work of literary theorist Mikhail M. Bakhtin presents a starting point for thinking about the instrumentalization of climate change.
Adam B., Adorno T.W., Arendt H., Artaud A., Bakhtin M.M., Bakhtin M.M., Bakhtin M.M., Bakhtin M.M., Bataille G., Beck U., Chown M., Clark K., Clark N., Dalby S., Debray R., Hetherington K., Holquist M., Jonas H., Kirby V., Klein N., Levinas E., Lovelock J., McGuire B., Morson G.S., Serres M., Serres M., Shepherd D., Shklovsky V., Spivak G.C., Stallybrass P., Van Wyck P.C., Žižek S.   +31 more
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Dying to Eat: Terror Management and Attitudes Toward Eating Plants [PDF]

, 2018
Terror management theory posits that the drive for self-preservation and the knowledge of our inevitable death create anxiety in people, which they manage in a variety of ways, including favoring those who are like them and distancing themselves from ...
Lewis, Erika J
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The impact of death priming on climate change denial: a preliminary investigation [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

F1000Research
Background Climate change denial (CCD) has been found to be more pronounced among individuals with a conservative political orientation. Terror Management Theory posits that an individual’s worldview serves as a primary defense mechanism in coping with ...
David Anaki, Zach Gerber
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On the Compatibility of Terror Management Theory and Perspectives on Human Evolution

Evolutionary 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, Sheldon Solomon, Tom Pyszczynski, Jeff Greenberg   +3 more
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