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  • Title: Terror management theory and self-esteem: evidence that increased self-esteem reduces mortality salience effects.
    Author: Harmon-Jones E, Simon L, Greenberg J, Pyszczynski T, Solomon S, McGregor H.
    Journal: J Pers Soc Psychol; 1997 Jan; 72(1):24-36. PubMed ID: 9008372.
    Abstract:
    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 showing that individuals with high self-esteem (manipulated in Experiment 1; dispositional in Experiment 2) did not respond to MS with increased worldview defense, whereas individuals with moderate self-esteem did. The results of Experiment 3 suggested that the effects of the first 2 experiments may have occurred because high self-esteem facilitates the suppression of death constructs following MS.
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