The protective identity: Evidence that mortality salience heightens the clarity and coherence of the self-concept
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Death reminders motivated those with low PNS to demonstrate more open-mindedness and to seek novel experiences in an effort to experience a sense of meaning in life.
“In one line of research, death reminders motivated those with low PNS not only to demonstrate more open-mindedness but also to seek novel experiences in an effort to experience a sense of meaning in life.”
From When Death is Good for Life: Considering the Positive Trajectories of Terror Management (2012) · cites this paper as Landau et al., 2009
After mortality salience, participants low in personal need for structure tended to be more open-minded regarding violations of the just-world assumption, preferred a more flexible self-concept, and became more interested in exploring novel social, intellectual, and environmental stimuli.
“After MS, participants low in PNS tended to be more open-minded regarding violations of the just-world assumption ([111], Study 5), preferred a more flexible self-concept ([112], Study 1), and became more interested in exploring novel social, intellectual, and environmental stimuli [113].”
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- Authors
- Landau, M. J., Greenberg, J., Sullivan, D., Routledge, C., & Arndt, J.
- Affiliations
- University of Kansas (US)
- University of Arizona (US)
- North Dakota State University (US)
- University of Missouri (US)
- Corresponding author
- Landau, Mark J.
- Venue
- Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2009-07
- Volume
- 45
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 796-807
- ISSN
- 0022-1031 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2067959611
- Cited by
- 71
- References
- 72
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 6.09
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Social Sciences › Anthropology › Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning
- Keywords
- mortality salience, terror management theory, self-concept, self-concept clarity, self-enhancement, self-esteem, causal coherence, meaningful relationships, self-relevance
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