The mind, the heart, and the leader in times of crisis: How and when COVID-19-triggered mortality salience relates to state anxiety, job engagement, and prosocial …

J Hu, W He, K Zhou - Journal of applied Psychology, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a disruptive event devastating to the
workplace and the global community. Drawing on terror management theory, we develop …

Exposure to COVID-19 is associated with increased altruism, particularly at the local level

G Grimalda, NR Buchan, OD Ozturk, AC Pinate… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Theory posits that situations of existential threat will enhance prosociality in general
and particularly toward others perceived as belonging to the same group as the individual …

The impact of COVID-19 on blood donations

B Veseli, S Sandner, S Studte, M Clement - PLoS One, 2022 - journals.plos.org
During a crisis, society calls for individuals to take prosocial actions that promote crisis
management. Indeed, individuals show higher willingness to help after a disaster. However …

Collective sense-making in times of crisis: Connecting terror management theory with Twitter user reactions to the Berlin terrorist attack

D Fischer-Preßler, C Schwemmer… - Computers in Human …, 2019 - Elsevier
Recent terrorist attacks have increased the need to examine the public's response to such
threats. This study focuses on the content of Twitter messages related to the 2016 terrorist …

Has the COVID‐19 pandemic made us more materialistic? The effect of COVID‐19 and lockdown restrictions on the endorsement of materialism

O Moldes, D Dineva, L Ku - Psychology & Marketing, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The COVID‐19 pandemic has led to an increase in the factors that typically facilitate the
endorsement of materialistic values (eg, higher media consumption, stress and anxiety …

“The greedy I that gives”—The paradox of egocentrism and altruism: Terror management and system justification perspectives on the interrelationship between …

SV Jin, E Ryu - Journal of Consumer Affairs, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Why do people give and help others in face of their own mortality salience? The existential
struggle with the awareness of death impacts the gamut of human cognition, emotion, and …

The quest for significance motivates self-sacrifice.

M Dugas, JJ Bélanger, M Moyano, BM Schumpe… - Motivation …, 2016 - psycnet.apa.org
The present research examined the motivational underpinnings of self-sacrifice. Based on
the quest for significance theory, we argue that individuals are propelled to self-sacrifice for …

Mortality salience in virtual reality experiences and its effects on users' attitudes towards risk

L Chittaro, R Sioni, C Crescentini, F Fabbro - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Virtual reality (VR) is increasingly used as a persuasive technology for attitude and behavior
change. This paper considers Terror Management Theory (TMT), one of the notable theories …

The effect of fear of COVID-19 on green purchase behavior in Pakistan: A multi-group analysis between infected and non-infected

KS Sajid, S Hussain, RI Hussain, B Mustafa - Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and its effects on an individual's life
have altered the consumer behavior. In the context of purchase and consumption, a shift …

From dictators to avatars: Furthering social and personality psychology through game methods

G Freedman, M Flanagan - Social and personality psychology …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
From football to the ultimatum game to chess to World of Warcraft, games have been used in
social and personality psychology research for decades. Games are a unique and powerful …