A terror management perspective on the quiet ego and the loud ego: Implications of ego volume control for personal and social well-being.

2008 ◽  
pp. 33-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Spee Kosloff ◽  
Mark J. Landau ◽  
Daniel Sullivan ◽  
Jeff Greenberg
Keyword(s):  
Terror Management ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Volume Control ◽  
Quiet Ego ◽  
Management Perspective

A terror management perspective on aging: Age differences in response to blatant and subtle reminders of mortality

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Molly Maxfield ◽  
Tom Pyszczynski ◽  
Jeff Greenberg ◽  
Sheldon Solomon ◽  
David Weise
Keyword(s):  
Age Differences ◽  
Terror Management ◽  
Management Perspective

Physical Warmth Attenuates Ethnocentric Bias under Mortality Salience: An Embodied Terror Management Perspective

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Armand Chatard ◽  
Margaux Renoux ◽  
Jean Monéger ◽  
Leila Selimbegovic
Keyword(s):  
Mortality Salience ◽  
Terror Management ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Defensive Reaction ◽  
Worldview Defense ◽  
Management Perspective ◽  
Physical Warmth ◽  
Alternative Means ◽  
First Time

Research indicates that individuals often deal with mortality salience by affirming beliefs in national or cultural superiority (worldview defense). Because worldview defense may be associated with negative consequences (discrimination), it is important to identify alternative means to deal with death-related thoughts. In line with an embodied terror management perspective, we evaluate for the first time the role of physical warmth in reducing defensive reaction to mortality salience. We predicted that, like social affiliation (social warmth), physical warmth could reduce worldview defense when mortality is salient. In this exploratory (preregistered) study, 202 French participants were primed with death-related thoughts, or an aversive control topic, in a heated room or a non-heated room. The main outcome was worldview defense (ethnocentric bias). We found no main effect of mortality salience on worldview defense. However, physical warmth reduced worldview defense when mortality was salient. Implications for an embodied terror management perspective are discussed.

scholarly journals African American Health and Posttraumatic Slave Syndrome: A Terror Management Theory Account

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Halloran
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Terror Management Theory ◽  
Terror Management ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cultural Trauma ◽  
Management Theory ◽  
American People ◽  
Posttraumatic Slave Syndrome ◽  
The Impact

The aim of this article is to explicate a terror management theory (TMT) analysis of the poor social and psychological well-being of African Americans by drawing upon a model of cultural trauma to explain the antecedents and effects of posttraumatic slave syndrome. Cultural trauma is defined as a state that occurs when a people’s cultural worldview has been destabilized to the point where it does not effectively meet its TMT function of providing a buffer against basic anxiety and uncertainty. The article outlines how the impact of slavery was a significant trauma to African American people, which was carried forward through successive generations; providing an explanation of their current anxiety-related conditions, poor health, and maladaptive behaviors. Findings from health and justice research and qualitative data from narratives of African Americans are presented to substantiate the adaptation of a model of cultural trauma for understanding the contemporary situation of African Americans.

A Terror Management Perspective on Ageism

2005 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andy Martens ◽  
Jamie L. Goldenberg ◽  
Jeff Greenberg
Keyword(s):  
Terror Management ◽  
Management Perspective

Motivation for Military Service: A Terror Management Perspective

2006 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Orit Taubman-Ben-Ari ◽  
Liora Findler
Keyword(s):  
Military Service ◽  
Terror Management ◽  
Management Perspective
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