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Does Threatening Valued Components of Cultural Worldview Alter Explicit and Implicit Attitudes About Death?

The goal of the present study was to test (he hypothesis derived from Terror Management Theory, that cultural worldview acts as a buffer against death anxiety. University students (N = 76) were randomly assigned to read either an essay that described marriage as an antiquated and untenable social in...

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Published in:Individual Differences Research Vol. 3; no. 4; pp. 260 - 269
Main Author: Bassett, Jonathan F.
Format: Article
Published: Individual Differences Research December 2005
Subjects:
Social values
Fear of death
Death & psychology
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