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   Articles with "mortality salience" as a keyword



Mortality salience reduces the discrimination between in‐group and out‐group interactions: A functional MRI investigation using multi‐voxel pattern analysis

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recommendations! Published in 2017 at "Human Brain Mapping"

DOI: 10.1002/hbm.23454

Abstract: As a fundamental concern of human beings, mortality salience impacts various human social behaviors including intergroup interactions; however, the underlying neural signature remains obscure. Here, we examined the neural signatures underlying the impact of mortality… read more here.

Keywords: group bias; mortality salience; pattern analysis; group ... See more keywords

Implicit aggression following exposure to people with physical disabilities: The costs of inhibiting self-protective processes

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recommendations! Published in 2019 at "Motivation and Emotion"

DOI: 10.1007/s11031-019-09757-x

Abstract: Previous studies indicate that death reminders elicit prosocial behavior, but also an urge to distance from physical disabilities. Here, we examine whether mortality salience will increase implicit aggression when one is explicitly requested to help… read more here.

Keywords: aggression; implicit aggression; physical disabilities; aggression following ... See more keywords

Mortality salience induces men's mating strategy toward body attractiveness in long-term mating context

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recommendations! Published in 2019 at "Personality and Individual Differences"

DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2019.109524

Abstract: Abstract Sexual attitudes are influenced by social norms, with an open sexual attitude in loose cultures (e.g., United States), and a conservative sexual attitude in tight cultures (e.g., China). Previous studies have found that men… read more here.

Keywords: term; mating context; term mating; long term ... See more keywords

The threat of COVID-19 will influence consumers’ taste compensation

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recommendations! Published in 2025 at "Scientific Reports"

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-01245-2

Abstract: This study examined how taste compensation is affected by mortality salience and its mechanisms during the pandemic. It conducted four studies and confirmed that mortality salience can cause consumers to seek stronger taste compensation, and… read more here.

Keywords: influence consumers; threat covid; covid influence; mortality salience ... See more keywords

Death and Sexuality: Mortality Salience Increases Heteronormative Preferences and Stereotyping among Those with High Need for Closure.

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recommendations! Published in 2022 at "Journal of homosexuality"

DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2022.2132575

Abstract: Terror Management Theory has shown that mortality salience can increase outgroup stereotyping and dislike of people who are different. We examined heterosexual participant reactions to profiles of homosexual and heterosexual men after mortality salience utilizing… read more here.

Keywords: need closure; mortality salience; death; mortality ... See more keywords

Re-examining the relationship between mortality salience and prosocial behavior in Chinese context

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recommendations! Published in 2017 at "Death Studies"

DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2016.1268220

Abstract: ABSTRACT Given the mixed findings regarding the relationship between mortality salience (MS) and prosocial behavior, the present research retested how MS influences prosocial behaviors in Chinese culture. Results showed that although participants have different levels… read more here.

Keywords: relationship mortality; salience prosocial; prosocial behavior; mortality salience ... See more keywords
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Applying terror management theory as a framework to understand the impact of heightened mortality salience on children, adolescents, and their parents: A systematic review

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recommendations! Published in 2022 at "Death Studies"

DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2022.2132550

Abstract: Abstract Terror Management Theory (TMT) posits that controlling death anxiety is a driving force behind many aspects of social behavior. The objective in this systematic review was to explore how TMT is used to explain… read more here.

Keywords: management theory; mortality salience; mortality; children adolescents ... See more keywords

Starving off death: Mortality salience impacts women’s body image and disordered eating

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recommendations! Published in 2024 at "Death Studies"

DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2024.2352732

Abstract: Abstract From a Terror Management perspective, the pursuit of thinness that characterizes eating disorders (EDs) is arguably a culturally endorsed way to mitigate death anxiety. In the present studies, we used the mortality salience (MS)… read more here.

Keywords: mortality salience; starving death; death anxiety; death ... See more keywords

Terror management theory in action during a realtime mortality salience experience: The case of parents' and grandparents' reactions to wartime.

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recommendations! Published in 2025 at "Death studies"

DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2025.2551377

Abstract: The study qualitatively analyzed parents' and grandparents' reactions to the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, and the ensuing war, utilizing a priori a deductive approach with Terror Management Theory (TMT) for… read more here.

Keywords: parents grandparents; grandparents reactions; terror management; mortality salience ... See more keywords

Understanding how the message appeal of moral beauty influences advertising effectiveness under mortality salience

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recommendations! Published in 2019 at "Journal of Marketing Communications"

DOI: 10.1080/13527266.2018.1461125

Abstract: Abstract Consumers may be reminded of life mortality by some life events and media content. Mortality salience as a contextual factor has not been sufficiently investigated in the existing literature of advertising. The present research… read more here.

Keywords: mortality salience; mortality; beauty influences; moral beauty ... See more keywords

Mortality salience – shedding light on the dark experience

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recommendations! Published in 2019 at "Journal of Heritage Tourism"

DOI: 10.1080/1743873x.2019.1585438

Abstract: ABSTRACT Mortality salience, a key term in Terror Management Theory, refers to self-awareness of one’s vulnerability and ultimate mortality. This exploratory study, based on psychology and tourism literature, clarifies the degree to which a visit… read more here.

Keywords: experience; visit; mortality salience; salience shedding ... See more keywords