The motivated social cognition and negativity bias perspectives each posit that threat is
especially related to political conservatism, such that threat causes people to adopt …

The experimental manipulation of mortality salience (MS) represents one of the most widely
used methodological procedures in social psychology, having been employed by terror …

Individuals are not merely passive vessels of whatever beliefs and opinions they have been
exposed to; rather, they are attracted to belief systems that resonate with their own …

Historical records suggest that the political extremes—at both the “left” and the “right”—
substantially endorsed conspiracy beliefs about other-minded groups. The present …

Disputes between those holding differing political views are ubiquitous and deep-seated,
and they often follow common, recognizable lines. The supporters of tradition and stability …

How does terrorism affect citizens' political attitudes? Over the years, many scholars have
tried to answer this question. This article performs a meta‐analysis on this literature …

A meta-analysis by Jost, Glaser, Kruglanski, and Sulloway (2003) suggested that existential
needs to reduce threat were associated with political conservatism. Nevertheless, some …

Whereas most social psychological perspectives assume that needs to manage uncertainty,
existential anxiety, and social cohesion should motivate any form of ideological zeal, System …

The 9/11 terrorist attacks have had profound effect on US domestic and foreign security
policy, leading to several expensive wars and the erosion of civil liberties (under the USA …

This thesis goes into detail about anxiety in Adam Silvera's interesting book They Both Die at
the End. Using qualitative research methods, this study looks at how anxiety is a key theme …