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When death thoughts lead to death fears: Mortality salience increases death anxiety for individuals who lack meaning in life

Routledge, Clay, Juhl, Jacob·2010·Cognition & Emotion

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Research derived from terror management theory demonstrates that subtle reminders of mortality increase strivings for meaning. It is argued that such strivings reflect efforts to prevent the anxiety that death reminders may otherwise cause. However, no research has directly tested the assertions that subtle mortality primes increase death anxiety and perceptions of meaning in life moderate this effect. The current study examined these predictions. Meaning in life was measured, death cognition primed, and death anxiety assessed. A mortality prime increased death anxiety, but only for individuals who lack perceptions of meaning in life. Theoretical and applied implications are discussed.

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Authors: Routledge, C., & Juhl, J.
Affiliations: North Dakota State University (US)
Corresponding author: Routledge, Clay
ORCID: Juhl, Jacob
Venue: Cognition & Emotion
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Published: 2010-08
Volume: 24
Issue: 5
Pages: 848-854
ISSN: 0269-9931 (ISSN-L)
1464-0600
DOI: 10.1080/02699930902847144
OpenAlex: W1993841268
Cited by: 183
References: 29
Citations by year: 2026: 13 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 23 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 19 · 2019: 16 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 12 · 2013: 9 · 2012: 6
FWCI: 3.90
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Cognition & Emotion (publishedVersion)
ePrints Soton (University of Southampton) (acceptedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
Social Sciences › Anthropology › Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning
Social Sciences › Communication › Media Influence and Health
Keywords: mortality salience, fear of death, meaning in life, terror management theory

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