Existential Threat or Dissociative Response? Examining Defensive Avoidance of Point-of-Care Testing Devices Through a Terror Management Theory Framework

Dunne, Simon; Matthews, Anne

doi:10.1080/07481187.2014.885469

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“…Building on the work of Ernest Becker (1973) the theory suggests that people seek to dispel their terror by pursuing feelings of symbolic immortality; that is, because one's culture can exist long after one's individual death, people can become imbued with the potential immortality that is inherent in their cultures by either bolstering their cultural worldview or by viewing themselves as living up to the standards of their cultures. People can achieve feelings of symbolic immortality by engaging in a variety of symbolic acts, such as investing in one's national identity (Greenberg, Pyszczynski, Solomon, Simon, & Breus, 1994), donating to charity (Dunne, Gallagher, & Matthews, 2015;Jonas, Schimel, Greenberg, & Pyszczynski, 2002), derogating members of other religious groups (Vail, Courtney, & Arndt, 2019), or punishing people who are breaking the laws (Rosenblatt, Greenberg, Solomon, Pyszczynski, & Lyon, 1989).…”

Section: Managing the Terror Of Publication Bias: A Comprehensive P-curve Analysis Of The Terrormentioning

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Managing the terror of publication bias: A comprehensive p-curve analysis of the Terror Management Theory literature

Chen¹,

Benjamin²,

Lai

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A key prediction of Terror Management Theory is that people affirm their cultural worldview after they are reminded of death. This mortality salience (MS) hypothesis has been widely explored, yet the presence of questionable research practices may impact the replicability of this literature. We assess the evidential value of the MS hypothesis by conducting a pre-registered p-curve analysis of 860 published studies. Our results suggest that there are nonzero effects in this literature and that power is larger for studies conducted with multiple delays between the independent and dependent variables, for studies that test for main effects in comparison to those that test for interactions, and for studies conducted more recently. However, since the estimated average power of MS studies is 26%, direct replications are unlikely to succeed. We recommend researchers consider our evidence when planning their samples, and that they anticipate smaller effects by increasing their sample sizes.

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Section: Managing the Terror Of Publication Bias: A Comprehensive P-curve Analysis Of The Terrormentioning

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Managing the terror of publication bias: A comprehensive p-curve analysis of the Terror Management Theory literature

Chen¹,

Benjamin²,

Lai

et al. 2022

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“…Two external experts in qualitative analysis, acting as triangulation researchers, then reviewed the code generation, the results obtained and the data analysis performed (Denzin, 1989;Flick, 1992). EMOTIONS AROUSED BY THOUGHTS ABOUT ONE'S OWN DEATH Emotions: Nouns that participants have used to describe what they feel thinking about their own death.…”

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La muerte ante uno mismo. Respuestas de jóvenes estudiantes ante el pensamiento de la propia muerte.

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Título: La muerte ante uno mismo. Respuestas de jóvenes estudiantes ante el pensamiento de la propia muerte. Resumen: Las narraciones sobre lo que evoca pensar en la propia muerte y describir los pensamientos y sentimientos sobre el morir, pueden ser por sí mismas una fuente de conocimiento nuevo en el estudio de la ansiedad y las actitudes ante la muerte. Se llevó a cabo un estudio cualitativo descriptivo con el objetivo de explorar las características de los pensamientos, las emociones y sentimientos sobre la propia muerte de jóvenes, estudiantes de enfermería. 85 estudiantes respondieron voluntariamente un cuestionario autoadministrado de preguntas abiertas basadas en la Mortality Salience empleada en la Teoría de la Gestión del Terror. El análisis se realizó mediante la estrategia de análisis de contenido con el programa Atlas ti. Ante el pensamiento sobre la propia muerte respondieron con los sustantivos miedo, dolor, angustia, tristeza o soledad. El miedo a la propia muerte se concretó como la imposibilidad de lograr las metas en la vida, dejar a la familia y el proceso de muerte en sí mismo. Ante las creencias sobre estar físicamente muerto señalaron atributos de la descomposición del cuerpo, atributos espirituales, creencias, negación y preferencias. La visión cultural, los valores y creencias de cada persona, se encuentran muy presentes cuando piensan en su propia muerte. Palabras clave: Actitud ante la muerte; Teoría de la Gestión del Terror; Emoción; Enfermería; Estudio cualitativo. Abstract: Narratives produced by thinking and reflecting about death and dying may be themselves a source of new knowledge in the study of anxiety and attitudes toward death. A qualitative descriptive study aimed to explore the features of thoughts, emotions and feelings about young people's own death, (nursing students) was conducted. 85 students voluntarily answered a self-administered questionnaire with open questions based on Mortality Salience, used in the Terror Management Theory. Content analysis using Atlas.ti software was performed. When reflecting upon their own death, participants reported substantive emotions such as fear, pain, distress, sadness or loneliness. The fear of their own death was specified as the inability to achieve goals in life, to leave the family and the dying process itself. When reflecting upon been physically dead, attributes of the decomposition of the body, spiritual attributes, beliefs, denial and preferences were identified. Cultural worldview, values and beliefs of each person were remarkably present when thinking about their own death.

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“…While TMT is premised on the supposition that the fear of death is universal, cross-cultural studies indicates a mixed response. Research indicated that many cultures (e.g., Ireland, India, and Iran) treat death with attitudes other than fear, such as acceptance and contempt (Dunne, Gallagher, and Matthews 2015; Fernandez, Castano, and Singh 2010). Therefore, multinational studies should be prioritized to validate TMT in a diverse population.…”

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Mitigating Mortality Anxiety: Identifying Heritage Tourism’s Role in Terror Management

Lyu

Wang

Wei

2022

Journal of Travel Research

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Although terror management theory has been widely studied, little research has empirically examined whether travel functions as a terror management mechanism. Thus, the present research investigated the influence of mortality anxiety on heritage tourism preference and heritage protection intention through two studies. Study 1 shows that as individuals’ general mortality anxiety increases, their tendency to search for meaning in life increases, which fosters their heritage travel preference and heritage protection intention. Study 2, using an experimental method, reveals a causal relationship where incidentally increasing mortality anxiety increases heritage travel preference and heritage protection intention. In addition, this causal relationship is prominent for people with higher legacy beliefs. These findings shed light on the critical roles of the search for meaning in life and legacy belief in the links between mortality anxiety and heritage-related behavior.

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Existential Threat or Dissociative Response? Examining Defensive Avoidance of Point-of-Care Testing Devices Through a Terror Management Theory Framework

Cited by 7 publications

References 44 publications

Managing the terror of publication bias: A comprehensive p-curve analysis of the Terror Management Theory literature

Managing the terror of publication bias: A comprehensive p-curve analysis of the Terror Management Theory literature

La muerte ante uno mismo. Respuestas de jóvenes estudiantes ante el pensamiento de la propia muerte.

Mitigating Mortality Anxiety: Identifying Heritage Tourism’s Role in Terror Management

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