[PDF][PDF] Does threatening valued components of cultural worldview alter explicit and implicit attitudes about death?

JF Bassett - Individual Differences Research, 2005 - academia.edu
The goal of the present study was to test the hypothesis derived from Terror Management
Theory, that cultural worldview acts as a buffer against death anxiety. University students …

Terror management and biculturalism

IG Portelinha, JF Verlhiac, T Meyer… - European …, 2012 - econtent.hogrefe.com
Terror management theory posits that cultural worldviews provide protection against death-
related anxiety. To the extent that worldviews often encompass competing beliefs, the …

Psychological defense in anticipation of anxiety: Eliminating the potential for anxiety eliminates the effect of mortality salience on worldview defense

J Greenberg, A Martens, E Jonas… - Psychological …, 2003 - journals.sagepub.com
A large body of research has shown that when people are reminded of their mortality, their
defense of their cultural worldview intensifies. Although some psychological defenses seem …

Mortality salience and the spreading activation of worldview-relevant constructs: exploring the cognitive architecture of terror management.

J Arndt, J Greenberg, A Cook - Journal of Experimental Psychology …, 2002 - psycnet.apa.org
Seven experiments assessed the hypothesis derived from terror management theory that
reminding people of their mortality would increase accessibility of constructs central to their …

Terror management and meaning: Evidence that the opportunity to defend the worldview in response to mortality salience increases the meaningfulness of life in the …

L Simon, J Arndt, J Greenberg… - Journal of …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Previous terror management research has demonstrated that mildly depressed participants
show a greater increase in worldview defense in response to reminders of their mortality …

To the victors go the existential spoils: The mental-health benefits of cultural worldview defense for people who successfully meet cultural standards and valued goals

C Hubley, J Hayes, M Harvey, S Musto - Journal of Social and …, 2020 - Guilford Press
Introduction: Research in support of terror management theory suggests that mortality
concerns will activate symbolic defenses associated with cultural worldviews, and when …

Structured terror: Further exploring the effects of mortality salience and personal need for structure on worldview defense

J Juhl, C Routledge - Journal of personality, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Previous research indicates that people respond to heightened death‐related cognition with
increased defense of predominant cultural beliefs (cultural worldview defense). However …

Conceptualizing death in a worldview consistent, meaningful way and its effects on worldview defense

R Rogers - Death studies, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Research within terror management theory (TMT) has shown that when mortality is made
salient, people subsequently engage in worldview defense: an increase in derogation of an …

Religiousness, religious doubt, and death anxiety

J Henrie, JH Patrick - The International Journal of Aging and …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Terror Management Theory (TMT)(Greenberg, Pyszczynski, & Solomon, 1986) suggests that
culturally-provided worldviews (eg, religion) may protect individuals from experiencing death …

Is death really the worm at the core? Converging evidence that worldview threat increases death-thought accessibility.

J Schimel, J Hayes, T Williams… - Journal of personality and …, 2007 - psycnet.apa.org
According to terror management theory, if the cultural worldview protects people from
thoughts about death, then weakening this structure should increase death-thought …