An enquiry concerning the principles of cultural norms and values: The impact of uncertainty and mortality salience on reactions to violations and bolstering of cultural worldviews
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The combination of an instinctive drive for self-preservation with an awareness of the inevitability of death creates the potential for paralyzing terror.
“the “combination of an instinctive drive for self‐preservation with an awareness of the inevitability of death creates the potential for paralyzing terror” (Van den Bos et al., 2005, p. 92).”
Inducing mortality salience increases need for the anxiety buffer.
“To the extent that this anxiety buffer, which is a social psychological structure consisting of people's cultural worldviews and their self‐esteem, provides protection against death threats, inducing mortality salience increases their need for this buffer (Dechesne et al., 2003; Van den Bos et al., 2005).”
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- Authors
- van den Bos, K., Poortvliet, P. M., Maas, M., Miedema, J., & van den Ham, E.-J.
- Affiliations
- Utrecht University (NL)
- Leiden University (NL)
- Venue
- Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2005-03
- Volume
- 41
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 91-113
- ISSN
- 0022-1031 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2120044514
- Cited by
- 259
- References
- 10
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- FWCI
- 12.05
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- dspace.library.uu.nl
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
- Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Cultural Differences and Values
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Keywords
- cultural norms, cultural values, mortality salience, terror management theory, uncertainty management theory, death thoughts, cultural worldview
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