Reducing Defensive Responses to Thoughts of Death: Meditation, Mindfulness, and Buddhism
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DOI: 10.1037/pspp0000163
Abstract: Three studies investigated the effects of meditation on responses to reminders of death. Study 1 took a quasi-experimental approach, comparing defensive responses to mortality salience (MS) of South Korean participants with varying levels of experience… read more here.
Keywords: death; defensive responses; meditation experience; meditation ... See more keywords
Ebola salience, death-thought accessibility, and worldview defense: A terror management theory perspective
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DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2017.1322644
Abstract: ABSTRACT According to terror management theory, individuals defend their cultural beliefs following mortality salience. The current research examined whether naturally occurring instances of death (i.e., Ebola) correspond to results found in laboratory studies. The results… read more here.
Keywords: death; management theory; salience; terror management ... See more keywords