Terror management theory (TMT; J. Greenberg, T. Pyszczynski, & S. Solomon, 1986) posits
that people are motivated to pursue positive self-evaluations because self-esteem provides …

Research derived from terror management theory (TMT) has shown that people's efforts to
manage the awareness of death often have deleterious consequences for the individual and …

Emotions matter in politics-enthusiastic supporters return politicians to office, angry citizens
march in the streets, a fearful public demands protection from the government. Anxious …

Terror management theory posits that human awareness of the inevitability of death exerts a
profound influence on diverse aspects of human thought, emotion, motivation, and behavior …

The social psychological literature on threat and defense is fragmented. Groups of
researchers have focused on distinct threats, such as mortality, uncertainty, uncontrollability …

Air pollution is a serious problem that affects billions of people globally. Although the
environmental and health costs of air pollution are well known, the present research …

A meta-analysis was conducted on empirical trials investigating the mortality salience (MS)
hypothesis of terror management theory (TMT). TMT postulates that investment in cultural …

Research has established that acts of self-control deplete a resource required for
subsequent self-control tasks. The present investigation revealed that a psychological …

Terror management theory (TMT) proposes that the uniquely human awareness of mortality
is a ubiquitous concern that plays an important role in virtually all forms of human behavior …

Study 1 investigated the effect of mortality salience on support for martyrdom attacks among
Iranian college students. Participants were randomly assigned to answer questions about …