Public Self and Private Self

Catching the liar as a matter of justice: Effects of belief in a just world on deception detection accuracy and the moderating role of mortality salience

Schindler, S., & Reinhard, M. (2014) · Personality and Individual Differences · doi:10.1016/j.paid.2014.09.034 · Cited by 28

Emotion as a necessary component of threat-induced death thought accessibility and defensive compensation

Webber, D. J., Schimel, J., Faucher, E. H., Hayes, J., Zhang, R., & Martens, A. (2014) · Motivation and Emotion · doi:10.1007/s11031-014-9426-1 · Cited by 29

The Effect of Response Options on Decisions and Subsequent Behavior: Sometimes Inaction is Better

Cioffi, D., & Garner, R. (1998) · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin · doi:10.1177/0146167298245002 · Cited by 29

Self-Esteem and the Acute Effect of Anxiety on Ambulatory Blood Pressure

Edmondson, D., Arndt, J., Alcántara, C., Chaplin, W., & Schwartz, J. E. (2015) · Psychosomatic Medicine · doi:10.1097/psy.0000000000000219 · Cited by 29

Can We Really Do Without Self-Esteem? Comment on Crocker and Park (2004).

Pyszczynski, T., & Cox, C. R. (2004) · Psychological Bulletin · doi:10.1037/0033-2909.130.3.425 · Cited by 30

Private and Public Self-Processes

Lamphere, R. A., & Leary, M. R. (1990) · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin · doi:10.1177/0146167290164012 · Cited by 29

Self‐Consciousness, Self‐presentation, and Performance Under Pressure: Who Chokes, and When?

Heaton, A. W., & Sigall, H. (1991) · Journal of Applied Social Psychology · doi:10.1111/j.1559-1816.1991.tb02721.x · Cited by 29

Identity-Related Influences on the Success of Minority Workers in Primarily Nonminority Organizations

James, K. E., & Khoo, G. (1991) · Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences · doi:10.1177/07399863910132004 · Cited by 27

Finding everland: Flight fantasies and the desire to transcend mortality

Cohen, F., Sullivan, D., Solomon, S., Greenberg, J., & Ogilvie, D. M. (2010) · Journal of Experimental Social Psychology · doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2010.08.013 · Cited by 28

Fear not: religion and emotion regulation in coping with existential concerns

Vishkin, A., & Tamir, M. (2020) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-817204-9.00023-8 · Cited by 33

Common genetic influences underpin religiosity, community integration, and existential uncertainty

Lewis, G. J., & Bates, T. C. (2013) · Journal of Research in Personality · doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2013.03.009 · Cited by 30

The impact of personal responsibility on the (un)willingness to punish non-cooperation and reward cooperation

Molenmaker, W. E., de Kwaadsteniet, E. W., & van Dijk, E. (2016) · Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes · doi:10.1016/j.obhdp.2016.02.004 · Cited by 29

Climate Anxiety and Mental Health in Germany

Hajek, A., & König, H.-H. (2023) · Climate · doi:10.3390/cli11080158 · Cited by 24

Les nouveaux réseaux sociaux sur internet

Tisseron, S. (2011) · Psychotropes · doi:10.3917/psyt.172.0099 · Cited by 27

What will remain when we are gone? Finitude and generation identity in the second half of life.

Weiss, D. J. (2014) · Psychology and Aging · doi:10.1037/a0036728 · Cited by 27

Relationships Between Self-Construal and Verbal Promotion

Ellis, J. B., & Wittenbaum, G. M. (2000) · Communication Research · doi:10.1177/009365000027006002 · Cited by 27

Empirical test of a general process model of threat and defense: A systematic examination of the affective-motivational processes underlying proximal and distal reactions to threat

Stollberg, J., Klackl, J., & Jonas, E. (2023) · Journal of Experimental Social Psychology · doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2023.104526 · Cited by 28

Between a rock and a hard place: Self-concept regulating and communicative properties of distancing behaviors.

Fleming, J. H., & Rudman, L. A. (1993) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · doi:10.1037/0022-3514.64.1.44 · Cited by 27

Identity-Goal Threats

Gollwitzer, P. M., Marquardt, M. K., Scherer, M., & Fujita, K. (2013) · Social Psychological and Personality Science · doi:10.1177/1948550612471143 · Cited by 28

Social Basis of Self-Handicapping

Schouten, P. G. W., & Handelsman, M. M. (1987) · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin · doi:10.1177/0146167287131010 · Cited by 26

The Psychosocial Effect of Thoughts of Personal Mortality on Cardiac Risk Assessment

Arndt, J., Vess, M., Cox, C. R., Goldenberg, J. L., & Lagle, S. (2008) · Medical Decision Making · doi:10.1177/0272989x08323300 · Cited by 27

Adolescents’ online self-disclosure and self-presentation

Schouten, A. P. (2007) · Research portal (Tilburg University) · Cited by 25

Science and religion: a rocky relationship shaped by shared psychological functions

Rutjens, B. T., & Preston, J. L. (2020) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-817204-9.00027-5 · Cited by 28

Self-Presentational Tactics Used in a German Election Campaign

Schütz, A. (1993) · Political Psychology · doi:10.2307/3791708 · Cited by 25

Worker social identity and health-related costs for organizations: A comparative study between ethnic groups.

James, K. E. (1997) · Journal of Occupational Health Psychology · doi:10.1037/1076-8998.2.2.108 · Cited by 24

Should President Clinton be prosecuted for perjury? The effects of preference for consistency, self-esteem, and political party affiliation

Nail, P. R., Bedell, K. E., & Little, C. D. (2003) · Personality and Individual Differences · doi:10.1016/s0191-8869(03)00032-1 · Cited by 24

Web Site Design, Self‐Monitoring Style, and Consumer Preference

Yates, R. A., & Noyes, J. (2007) · Journal of Applied Social Psychology · doi:10.1111/j.1559-1816.2007.00215.x · Cited by 23

Influence of Confinement Due to COVID-19 on Physical Activity and Mediterranean Diet Adherence and Its Relationship with Self-Esteem in Pre-Adolescent Students

Villodres, G. C., García-Pérez, L., Corpas, J. M., & Muros, J. J. (2021) · Children · doi:10.3390/children8100848 · Cited by 26

A Theoretical Integration of Social Learning Theory with Terror Management Theory: Towards an Explanation of Police Shootings of Unarmed Suspects

Maskály, J., & Donner, C. M. (2015) · American Journal of Criminal Justice · doi:10.1007/s12103-015-9293-7 · Cited by 25

Health‐Related Risk Perception and Decision‐Making: Lessons from the Study of Motives in Social Psychology

Klein, W. M. P., & Cerully, J. (2007) · Social and Personality Psychology Compass · doi:10.1111/j.1751-9004.2007.00023.x · Cited by 25

Pre-service teachers' ethical stances on unethical professional behaviors: The roles of professional identity goals and efficacy beliefs

Eren, A., & Rakıcıoğlu‐Söylemez, A. (2017) · Teaching and Teacher Education · doi:10.1016/j.tate.2017.08.019 · Cited by 25

On Splitting the Universe

Markus, H. R. (1990) · Psychological Science · doi:10.1111/j.1467-9280.1990.tb00194.x · Cited by 24

“I live with terror inside me”: Exploring customers’ instinctive reactions to terror

Seger-Guttmann, T., Gilboa, S., & Partouche‐Sebban, J. (2020) · International Journal of Hospitality Management · doi:10.1016/j.ijhm.2020.102734 · Cited by 25

Validation of the COVID-19 Disbelief Scale: Conditional indirect effects of religiosity and COVID-19 fear on intent to vaccinate

Bok, S., Martin, D. E., & Lee, M. (2021) · Acta Psychologica · doi:10.1016/j.actpsy.2021.103382 · Cited by 25

Self-image goals, compassionate goals and innovative work behavior: The role of organizational support for innovation across countries

Montani, F., Torres, C. V., Ferreira, M. C., Mendonça, H., Silva, A. J., Courcy, F., & Dagenais‐Desmarais, V. (2021) · Journal of Business Research · doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.08.072 · Cited by 24

The enduring influence of death on health: insights from the terror management health model

Morris, K. L., Goldenberg, J. L., Arndt, J., & McCabe, S. (2018) · Self and Identity · doi:10.1080/15298868.2018.1458644 · Cited by 26

Existential neuroscience: effects of mortality salience on the neurocognitive processing of attractive opposite-sex faces

Silveira, S., Graupmann, V., Agthe, M., Gutyrchik, E., Blautzik, J., Demirçapa, I., Berndt, A., Pöppel, E., Frey, D., Reiser, M. F., et al. (2013) · Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience · doi:10.1093/scan/nst157 · Cited by 23

Nuclear accident reminders and support for nuclear energy: Paradoxical effect

Selimbegović, L., Chatard, A., Er-rafiy, A., & Pyszczynski, T. (2016) · Journal of Environmental Psychology · doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2016.09.004 · Cited by 13

The Method Behind the Science

Cox, C. R., Darrell, A., & Arrowood, R. B. (2019) · Handbook of Terror Management Theory · doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-811844-3.00004-4 · Cited by 22

Mortality threat mitigates interpersonal competition: an EEG-based hyperscanning study

Zhou, X., Pan, Y., Zhang, R., Bei, L., & Li, X. (2021) · Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience · doi:10.1093/scan/nsab033 · Cited by 22

Who you are is where you are: Antecedents and consequences of locating the self in the brain or the heart

Adam, H., Obodaru, O., & Galinsky, A. D. (2015) · Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes · doi:10.1016/j.obhdp.2015.03.004 · Cited by 21

The pursuit of self-esteem: Implications for good and evil

Crocker, J., Lee, S. J., & Park, L. E. (2004) · Deep Blue (University of Michigan) · Cited by 24

What if something goes wrong? A grounded theory study of parents’ decision-making processes around mode of breech birth at term gestation

Thompson, E., Brett, J., & Burns, E. E. (2019) · Midwifery · doi:10.1016/j.midw.2019.08.006 · Cited by 21

Impact of Death-Related Television Programming on Advertising Evaluation

Rangan, P., Singh, S. N., Landau, M. J., & Choi, J. (2015) · Journal of Advertising · doi:10.1080/00913367.2015.1077490 · Cited by 21

The Role of Childhood Relationships With Older Adults in Reducing Risk-Taking by Young Adults

Kennison, S. M., & Ponce‐Garcia, E. (2012) · Journal of Intergenerational Relationships · doi:10.1080/15350770.2012.645739 · Cited by 21

Authoritarianism, Conservatism, Racial Diversity Threat, and the State Distribution of Hate Groups

McCann, S. J. H. (2009) · The Journal of Psychology · doi:10.1080/00223980903356065 · Cited by 22

I Die, Therefore I Am: The Pursuit of Meaning in the Light of Death

Cozzolino, P. J., & Blackie, L. (2013) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-94-007-6527-6_3 · Cited by 21

When happiness pays in negotiation

Pietroni, D., Kleef, G. A. V., Rubaltelli, E., & Rumiati, R. (2008) · Mind & Society · doi:10.1007/s11299-008-0047-9 · Cited by 19

Evidence for a role of death thought in American attitudes toward symbols of Islam

Cohen, F., Soenke, M., Solomon, S., & Greenberg, J. (2012) · Journal of Experimental Social Psychology · doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2012.09.006 · Cited by 22

Depression and the illusion of control: The role of esteem maintenance and impression management.

Koenig, L. J., Clements, C. M., & Alloy, L. B. (1992) · Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science/Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement · doi:10.1037/h0078706 · Cited by 21

An Appreciative View of the Brighter Side of Terror Management Processes

Vail, III, & Juhl, J. (2015) · Social Sciences · doi:10.3390/socsci4041020 · Cited by 21

Insta-identity: The longitudinal reciprocal relationship between authentic and positive self-presentation on Instagram and the sexual identity development of sexual minority youth

Noon, E. J., Yang, C., Pešout, O., Stefańczyk, M., & Seiler, G. (2024) · Computers in Human Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.chb.2024.108278 · Cited by 26

Impact of retail environment extraordinariness on customer self-concept

Kaltcheva, V. D., Patino, A., & Chebat, J. (2010) · Journal of Business Research · doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2010.06.011 · Cited by 20

Incomplete professional identity goals override moral concerns

Marquardt, M. K., Gantman, A. P., Gollwitzer, P., & Oettingen, G. (2016) · Journal of Experimental Social Psychology · doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2016.03.001 · Cited by 22

Personal communication technologies as an extension of the self: A cross‐cultural comparison of people's associations with technology and their symbolic proximity with others

Vishwanath, A., & Chen, H. (2008) · Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology · doi:10.1002/asi.20892 · Cited by 20

Being modest makes you feel bad: Effects of the modesty norm and mortality salience on self‐esteem in a collectivistic culture

Du, H., & Jonas, E. (2014) · Scandinavian Journal of Psychology · doi:10.1111/sjop.12175 · Cited by 19

Sex Differences in Salivary Cortisol Responses to Sex-Linked Stressors: A Test of the Tend-and-Befriend Model

Byrd‐Craven, J., Auer, B. J., & Kennison, S. M. (2014) · Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology · doi:10.1007/s40750-014-0013-1 · Cited by 20

Reactions to social vs self-evaluation: Moderating effects of personal and social identity orientations

Barnes, B. D., Mason, E., Leary, M. R., et al. (1988) · Journal of Research in Personality · doi:10.1016/0092-6566(88)90007-4 · Cited by 20

Building blocks of communication networks in times of crises: Emotion-exchange motifs

Kušen, E., & Strembeck, M. (2021) · Computers in Human Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.chb.2021.106883 · Cited by 19

The vigilante identity and organizations

Chen, F. X., Graso, M., Aquino, K. F., Lin, L., Cheng, J. T., DeCelles, K. A., & Vadera, A. K. (2022) · Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes · doi:10.1016/j.obhdp.2022.104136 · Cited by 20

The desire to be remembered: A review and analysis of legacy motivations and behaviors

Waggoner, B., Bering, J. M., & Halberstadt, J. B. (2022) · New Ideas in Psychology · doi:10.1016/j.newideapsych.2022.101005 · Cited by 19

Self-esteem buffers the mortality salience effect on the implicit self-face processing

Guan, L., Chen, Y., Xu, X., Qiao, L., Wei, J., Han, S.-H., Yang, J., & Liu, Y.-J. (2015) · Personality and Individual Differences · doi:10.1016/j.paid.2015.04.032 · Cited by 18

Hope and Spirituality in the Age of Anxiety

Scioli, A. (2007) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-5110-4_9 · Cited by 30

Objects become her: The role of mortality salience on men's attraction to literally objectified women

Morris, K. L., & Goldenberg, J. L. (2014) · Journal of Experimental Social Psychology · doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2014.09.005 · Cited by 19

Utilitarian and ontological variation in individualism-collectivism

Wagner, J. A. (2002) · Research in Organizational Behavior · doi:10.1016/s0191-3085(02)24009-5 · Cited by 18

Absolute and Relative Accuracy in the Retrospective Estimate of Positive and Negative Mood

Kardum, I., & Daskijević, K. T. (2001) · European Journal of Psychological Assessment · doi:10.1027//1015-5759.17.1.69 · Cited by 19

Pushing the boundaries: A review and extension of the psychological dynamics of intergenerational conflict in organizational contexts

Tost, L. P., Hernandez, M., & Wade‐Benzoni, K. A. (2008) · Research in personnel and human resources management · doi:10.1016/s0742-7301(08)27003-9 · Cited by 17

Control Motivation and Self-Appraisal

Strube, M., & Yost, J. H. (1993) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-1-4613-8309-3_9 · Cited by 19

Person-Centered Suicide Prevention

Duberstein, P. R., & Wittink, M. N. (2015) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-420123-1.00008-3 · Cited by 20

The role of mortality awareness in heroic enactment

McCabe, S., Carpenter, R. W., & Arndt, J. (2015) · Journal of Experimental Social Psychology · doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2015.08.001 · Cited by 20

The change in user and IT dynamics: Blogs as IT-enabled virtual self-presentation

Min, J., & Lee, H. (2011) · Computers in Human Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.chb.2011.07.013 · Cited by 18

Existential video games: Proposal and evaluation of an interactive reflection about death

Chittaro, L., & Sioni, R. (2018) · Entertainment Computing · doi:10.1016/j.entcom.2018.01.004 · Cited by 17

Exploring public wearable display of wellness tracker data

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Nudging generosity in consumer elective pricing

Saccardo, S., Li, C. X., Samek, A. S., & Gneezy, A. (2020) · Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes · doi:10.1016/j.obhdp.2020.01.009 · Cited by 18

Integrating Terror Management Theory into Fear Appeal Research

Hunt, D. M., & Shehryar, O. (2011) · Social and Personality Psychology Compass · doi:10.1111/j.1751-9004.2011.00354.x · Cited by 22

Involuntary turnover and its psychological consequences: A theoretical model

Schneer, J. A. (1993) · Human Resource Management Review · doi:10.1016/1053-4822(93)90009-s · Cited by 18

Depression, Self-Focused Attention, and Self-Regulatory Perseveration

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Development and initial validation of the Impression Motivation in Sport Questionnaire-Team.

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“I was hungry and you gave me food”: Religiosity and attitudes toward redistribution

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Evolving self-conceptions of Chinese travellers suggested by their travel photo-sharing behaviours

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Life is Good, But Death Ain’t Bad Either: Counter-Intuitive Implicit Biases to Death in a Normative Population

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The effect of interpersonal expectancies on men's self-presentation of gender role attitudes to women

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Do patients' preferences predict smoking cessation?

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The Liberating and Constraining Aspects of Self: Why the Freed Bird Finds a New Cage

Pyszczynski, T., Solomon, S., Greenberg, J., & Stewart-Fouts, M. (1995) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-94-011-0331-2_26 · Cited by 20

More There Than Meets Their Eyes: Support for the Mere‐Ownership Effect

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Excuses Gone Awry

Higgins, R. L., & Snyder, C. R. R. (1989) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-1-4613-0783-9_5 · Cited by 17

Subtle Priming of Shared Human Experiences Eliminates Threat-Induced Negativity Toward Arabs, Immigrants, and Peace-makingPreprint

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Resisting hostility generated by terror: An agent-based study

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Barriers to Deceiving Other Group Members in Virtual Settings

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Self‐Esteem: A Human Solution to the Problem of Death

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Terror Management Theory

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Are we in this together? Changes in anti-immigrant sentiments during the COVID-19 pandemic

Muis, Q., & Reeskens, T. (2021) · International Journal of Intercultural Relations · doi:10.1016/j.ijintrel.2021.12.006 · Cited by 16

A Terror Management Perspective on the Psychology of Control

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Escalation of commitment to unprofitable projects: An experimental investigation of the effect of conformity pressure and self-esteem

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The awareness of death reduces subjective vitality and self-regulatory energy for individuals with low interdependent self-construal

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Learning from museums: Resource scarcity in museum interpretations and sustainable consumption intention

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‘Zero Gravity’: Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Professional Intentions and Career Pathway Vision of Sport Management Students

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Terror Management in a Predominantly Muslim Country

Kökdemir, D., & Yeniçeri, Z. (2010) · European Psychologist · doi:10.1027/1016-9040/a000012 · Cited by 15

The Terror Management of Meaning and Growth

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Death anxiety and religious belief: a critical review

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Heinz Kohut’s Self Psychology- And Ours. Transformations of Psychoanalysis. Paul H. Ornstein. International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, 3: 195-214, 2008

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Korean Self and Selfobject

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Treating the Self: Elements of Clinical Self Psychology

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The Reflexively Assumed Self

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The Development of the Self

Collective, T. P. F. (2022) · doi:10.1002/9781119909804.ch23