Death anxiety is considered to be a basic fear underlying the development and maintenance
of numerous psychological conditions. Treatment of transdiagnostic constructs, such as …

The symptoms we identify and the behaviors we recognize as defenses define which
symptoms we see as trauma-related. Early conceptions of trauma-related disorders focused …

Uncertainty is a defining feature of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, because uncertainty
is an aversive state, uncertainty reduction theory (URT) holds that employees try to manage …

Although often treated as a singular construct, social isolation can assume an interpersonal
or an existential form (Yalom, 1980). Here we develop an individual difference measure of …

Recently, there has been an increased interest in the role of death anxiety in a broad range
of mental health disorders. It has been argued that the fear of death may be a …

Many studies have found age-related declines in death-related anxiety. Why do death-
related thoughts and anxiety decline across the lifespan when exposure to, and likelihood …

The studies presented in this article explored the relevance of death fears to Obsessive
Compulsive Disorder (OCD). In Study 1, the relationships between death anxiety and a …

Objective To systematically review of the available literature to (1) examine the association
between death anxiety and hypochondriasis and (2) examine the association between …

Terror management theory argues that mortality‐induced terror motivates group
identification. Uncertainty–identity theory argues that uncertainty about what happens after …

Appreciation is an audience response associated with entertainment portrayals concerned
with the meaning of life and human existence. Appreciation has been shown to be …