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From:  (David Stodolsky)
Subject: Mortality salience and terror managment
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 95 14:52:53 +0200 (CET DST)

Greenberg, J., Simon, L., Harmon-Jones, E, Solomon, S., 
Pyszczynski, T., Lyon, D. (1995).
Testing alternative explanations for mortality salience effects: terror
management, value accessibility, or worrisome thoughts?
_European Journal of Social Psychology_, _25_, 417-433.

>From Abstract:

Previous research has shown that reminding subjects of their mortality
encourages negative reaction to others whose behavior or attitudes
deviate from the cultural worldview. According to terror management
theory, these findings result from a heightened need for faith in
the cultural worldview that is activated by reminders of one's mortality.


Address for correspondence:
Jeff Greenberg
Dept. of Psychology
Univ of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721, USA

Reprints should be available upon request.


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David S. Stodolsky      Euromath Center     University of Copenhagen
   Tel.: +45 38 33 03 30   Fax: +45 38 33 88 80 (C)


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