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Reducing Defensive Responses to Thoughts of Death: Meditation, Mindfulness, and Buddhism

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Published in 2019 at "Journal of Personality and Social Psychology"

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
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Ebola salience, death-thought accessibility, and worldview defense: A terror management theory perspective

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Published in 2017 at "Death Studies"

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