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There may be an interesting difference between explicit self-esteem, as often measured by the self-report Rosenberg scale, and more implicit forms.
“It was previously pointed out (e.g., Burke et al. 2010; Dar- Nimrod 2022) that there may be an interesting difference between explicit self- esteem (as often measured by the self- report Rosenberg scale; Rosenberg 1965) and more implicit forms.”
From Terror Management Theory in the Consumer Domain: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis on Mortality Salience Driven Consumer Responses (2025) · cites this paper as Dar-Nimrod 2022
This lack of evidence for the central TMT anxiety buffer hypothesis has been documented before in reviews regarding TMT research.
“This lack of evidence for the central TMT anxiety buffer hypothesis has been documented before in reviews regarding TMT research (Dar- Nimrod 2022; Fransen et al. 2019; Martin and Van den Bos 2014).”
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- Authors
- Dar-Nimrod, I.
- Venue
- Existential Concerns and Cognitive-Behavioral Procedures
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Published
- 2022
- Pages
- 35-55
- OpenAlex
- W4290995161
- Cited by
- 8
- References
- 85
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1
- FWCI
- 12.18
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Springer eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Social Sciences › Anthropology › Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Literature and Literary Theory › Media Influence and Health
- Keywords
- terror management theory, death awareness, fear of death, existential fear, cultural worldview, self-esteem, attitudes toward death, moderators, psychopathology, competing theories
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