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Terror Management Theory and Psychological Disorder
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“During a prolonged crisis, anxiety-buffering systems can be undermined and lead to either maladaptive defenses (i.e., psychological distress) or new forms of defenses (i.e., adjusting to the new normal).”
From Understanding user responses to the COVID-19 pandemic on Twitter from a terror management theory perspective: Cultural differences among the US, UK and India (2022) · cites this paper as Yetzer & Pyszczynski, 2019
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“Given the reporting of ever-increasing case and death tolls alongside the enduring media coverage that constantly reminds viewers of death and vulnerability, people's anxiety-buffering systems were placed at serious risk of being undermined (Yetzer & Pyszczynski, 2019).”
From Understanding user responses to the COVID-19 pandemic on Twitter from a terror management theory perspective: Cultural differences among the US, UK and India (2022) · cites this paper as Yetzer & Pyszczynski, 2019
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“According to the Terror Management Theory, people who experience depression have a reduced ability to relieve anxiety and lack self-esteem and a feeling of fulfillment. Therefore, they experience a loss of meaning and worthlessness for themselves and are vulnerable to death-related anxiety (Maxfield et al., 2014; Yetzer & Pyszczynski, 2019, pp. 417 -447).”
From The Association Between Depression and Death Anxiety Among Older Adults: Moderating Effect of Ego-Integrity. (2025) · cites this paper as Yetzer & Pyszczynski, 2019
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Metadata
- Authors
- Yetzer, A. M., & Pyszczynski, T.
- Affiliations
- Northwestern University (US)
- University of Colorado Colorado Springs (US)
- ORCID
- Pyszczynski, Tom
- Venue
- Handbook of Terror Management Theory
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Published
- 2019
- Pages
- 417-447
- OpenAlex
- W2945139708
- Cited by
- 40
- References
- 127
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 6
- FWCI
- 24.70
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Elsevier eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Anthropology › Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning
- Keywords
- terror management theory, fear of death, self-esteem, cultural worldview, attachment, interpersonal relationships, transdiagnostic vulnerability, psychopathology, meaning and value, identity, traumatic stress, personality development
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