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On the basis of the terror management theory proposition that self-esteem provides protection against concerns about mortality, it was hypothesized that self-esteem would reduce the worldview defense produced by mortality salience (MS). The results of Experiments 1 and 2 confirmed this hypothesis by...
(1997). Terror management theory of self-esteem and social behavior: Empirical assessments and conceptual refinements. In M. P. Zanna (Ed.), Advances in exper- imental social psychology (Vol. 29, pp. 61–139). New York: Academic Press. Hart, J., Shaver, P. R., & Goldenberg, J. ...
The Existential Function of Close Relationships: Introducing Death Into the Science of Love. management theory proposed two psychological mechanisms in dealing with the terror of death awareness- cultural worldview validation and self-esteem enhancement... Mikulincer,Mario,Florian,... - 《Personality &...
Nearly everyone fears death. How that fear influences human thinking and behavior is the focus of terror management theory (TMT) research. According to TMT, death anxiety drives people to adopt worldviews that protect their self-esteem, worthiness, and s
Terror Management Theory (TMT) is the dominant social psychological theory examining the relationship between death awareness and human behaviour. According to TMT, cultural worldviews and self-esteem are thought to serve an important anxiety-buffering function in order to manage (or ‘tranquilise’) ...
Terror management theory (TMT), based on the works of Ernest Becker, asserts that the fear of death contributes to many aspects of human thought and behavior. According to TMT, people use self-esteem and cultural worldviews to buffer awareness of death. In this short review paper we review ...
"The Causes and Consequences of a Need for Self-Esteem: A Terror Management Theory." In Roy F. Baumeister ed., Public Self and Private Self. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1986. Greenberg, Jeff, et al. "Towards a Dual Motive Depth Psychology of Self and Social Behavior." In Michael ...
A Terror Management Theory of Social Behavior: The Psychological Functions of Self-Esteem and Cultural Worldviews This chapter deals with terror management theory that attempts to contribute to the understanding of social behavior by focusing on the essential being and... S Solomon,J Greenberg,T Pys...
Figure 1.Graphic overview of terror management theory. The conflicting desires for self-preservation and awareness mortality engender the potential for anxiety, which is managed by investing in a cultural worldview and maintaining self-esteem.