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Work, love, and death thought accessibility: a terror management investigation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Terror management theory suggests that following culturally derived scripts for valued behaviour protects people from death concerns, and conversely, not meeting standards for cultural value can weaken this protection, heightening mortality concerns ...
Daly, Michael   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Infodemic: the effect of death-related thoughts on news-sharing

open access: yesCognitive Research, 2021
Research on the sharing of fake news has primarily focused on the manner in which fake news spreads and the literary style of fake news. These studies, however, do not explain how characteristics of fake news could affect people’s inclination toward ...
Amy J. Lim, Edison Tan, Tania Lim
doaj   +1 more source

Investigating the Role of Normative Support in Atheists’ Perceptions of Meaning Following Reminders of Death

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2022
According to terror management theory, humans rely on meaningful and permanence-promising cultural worldviews, like religion, to manage mortality concerns. Prior research indicates that, compared to religious individuals, atheists experience lower levels
Melissa Soenke   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mindfulness of Death as a Tool for Mortality Salience Induction with Reference to Terror Management Theory

open access: yesReligions, 2019
In this article, I argue that “mindfulness of death” (maraṇasati) can be a tool to induce mortality salience and can have a positive psychological impact.
Hyun Gong Moon
doaj   +1 more source

Emotional responses to mortality salience: Behavioral and ERPs evidence.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2021
Terror Management Theory (TMT) suggests that death-related thoughts activate proximal defense which allows people to suppress or rationalize death awareness.
Shiyun Huang, Hongfei Du, Chen Qu
doaj   +1 more source

Why do health-risk awareness and materialism drive consumers' acceptance intentions for smart green buildings?

open access: yesFrontiers 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
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing the Impact of Promotions on Consumer Purchasing Behavior During Crises

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Understanding how households modify their food expenditure decisions during times of crisis is essential because consumer purchasing behavior frequently changes during these times. This study looks at these behavioral shifts during the COVID‐19 pandemic, concentrating on how price sensitivity and response to sales promotions changed over the ...
Wafa Mehaba, José María Gil
wiley   +1 more source

Help‐Seeking and Substance Use Among Police Staff After the 2018 Strasbourg Christmas Market Attack

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The use of mental health services by police staff is usually low. After the 2018 attack on the Strasbourg Christmas market, police officers exposed to psychotraumatic risks were found to have a higher PTSD risk. This study aims to describe the help‐seeking and substance use by police staff after the attack.
Nathalie Nourry   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Psychiatric and Cognitive Features in Italian Women With the FMR1 Premutation: A Comprehensive Assessment Using SCID‐5 and Standardized Cognitive Measures

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Women with the FMR1 premutation (PM) are at increased risk for fragile X‐associated conditions (FXPAC), including cognitive and psychiatric features collectively termed fragile X‐associated neuropsychiatric disorders (FXAND). This study is the first to systematically investigate cognitive and psychiatric features in Italian female premutation ...
Federica Alice Maria Montanaro   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of death priming on climate change denial: a preliminary investigation [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

open access: yesF1000Research
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
doaj   +1 more source

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