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Does the mortality salience effect on worldview defence depend on the cultural orientation of Chinese people?

Zeng, Taoran, Tse, Chi‐Shing·2020·International Journal of Psychology
DOI 10.1002/ijop.12562
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According to the terror management theory, people tend to favour their worldview and in-group members after being reminded of death (i.e., mortality salience [MS] effect). However, inconsistent findings of the MS effect were found among Chinese people. In the present study, we examined the MS effect with Chinese samples and tested whether the effect would depend on participants' cultural orientation and relational self-esteem. In Studies 1 (N = 227) and 2 (N = 221), we examined the roles of participants' cultural orientations and relational self-esteem in their evaluations on moral transgression and/or perceived regard from people around after being primed with mortality (vs. dental pain) salience. We obtained the interaction effects of mortality salience, cultural orientations, and relational self-esteem. The implications of these results are discussed in the context of Chinese culture.

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  • These authors suggested that East Asian individuals may be more tolerant and/or fear death less than Westerners, both of which mitigate the terror that underlies MS inductions, potentially due to reduced individualism within these cultures.

    “These authors suggested that East Asian individuals may be more tolerant and/or fear death less than Westerners, both of which mitigate the “terror” that underlies MS inductions, potentially due to reduced individualism within these cultures.”

    From Not so terrifying after all? A set of failed replications of the mortality salience effects of Terror Management Theory (2023) · cites this paper as [34]

  • Several groups who recruited primarily East Asian samples were unable to find significant effects or identified very small effects.

    “Several groups who recruited primarily East Asian samples were unable to find significant effects or identified very small effects [e.g., 31–34].”

    From Not so terrifying after all? A set of failed replications of the mortality salience effects of Terror Management Theory (2023) · cites this paper as [34]

  • Cultural orientation and relational (vs. personal) self-esteem have emerged as important moderators of MS effects.

    “However, cultural orientation and relational (vs. personal) self-esteem have emerged as important moderators of MS effects [34], suggesting that “Western” vs. “non-Western” may not be sufficient to understand cultural influences in TMT; and classifying studies that way may be problematic and essentialist.”

    From Not so terrifying after all? A set of failed replications of the mortality salience effects of Terror Management Theory (2023) · cites this paper as [34]

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Authors
Zeng, T., & Tse, C.
Affiliations
Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK)
Corresponding author
Zeng, Taoran
ORCID
Venue
International Journal of Psychology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2018-12-28
Volume
55
Issue
2
Pages
291-304
ISSN
  • 0020-7594 (ISSN-L)
  • 1464-066X
DOI
10.1002/ijop.12562
OpenAlex
W2908351031
Cited by
10
References
34
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 2 · 2020: 1
FWCI
0.34
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations
  • International Journal of Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Cultural Differences and Values
Keywords
mortality salience, terror management theory, cultural orientation, Chinese culture, moral transgression, fear of death
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Attitude to Death, Culture, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Self Concept, Asian People, Young Adult

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