Terror management theory outlines how humans seek self-esteem and worldview validation
to manage death-related anxiety. Accumulating evidence reveals that close relationships …

From the perspective of terror management theory (tmt), the awareness of death is
problematic as it has the potential to increase anxiety. It would be hard to function when …

Terror management theory (TMT) argues that human awareness of the inevitability of death
has a tremendous influence on people's thoughts, feelings, motivations, and behaviors …

In this chapter, I apply attachment theory to understand the ways in which people experience
and cope with the existential concern of one's own mortality. I begin this chapter by …

Healthcare workers play a vital role in the fight against COVID-19. Based on Terror
Management Theory (TMT), the present research examined whether a close relationships …

Sickness was a crucial adaptive problem in the course of evolution, and one solution,
particularly in humans, is support and care from in-group members. The social interaction …

Purpose This study measured three of the psychological stages of dying in patients with
cancer and explored the differences in proximal and intimacy-related defense mechanisms …

A originally formulated to describe and explain infant-parent emotional bonding, has been
applied, first, to the study of adolescent and adult romantic relationships and then to the …

Drawing from the terror management theory (TMT) and evolutionary perspectives of Life-
History Strategy, a between-subject online experiment examined the interaction effects of …

Terror management theory claims the quintessential indicator of cultural adherence is
human self-esteem, and self-esteem is vital to suppressing death-thoughts into the …