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The Scrooge Effect: Evidence that Mortality Salience Increases Prosocial Attitudes and Behavior

Jonas, Eva, Schimel, Jeff, Greenberg, Jeff, Pyszczynski, Tom·2002·Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
DOI 10.1177/014616702236834
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Abstract

From the perspective of terror management theory, reminders of mortality should intensify the desire to express culturally prescribed prosocial attitudes and engage in culturally prescribed prosocial behaviors. Two studies supported these hypotheses. In Study 1, people were interviewed in close proximity to a funeral home or several blocks away and were asked to indicate their attitudes toward two charities they deemed important. Those who were interviewed in front of the funeral home reported more favorability toward these charities than those who were interviewed several blocks away. In Study 2, the authors found that following mortality salience, people gave more money to a charity supporting an American cause than people who had been exposed to an aversive control topic. However, mortality salience had no effect on the amount of money given to a foreign cause. Practical and theoretical implications are discussed.

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Authors
Jonas, E., Schimel, J., Greenberg, J., & Pyszczynski, T.
Affiliations
  • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
  • University of Alberta (CA)
  • University of Arizona (US)
  • University of Colorado Colorado Springs (US)
Corresponding author
Jonas, Eva
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Venue
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2002-10
Volume
28
Issue
10
Pages
1342-1353
ISSN
  • 0146-1672 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-7433
DOI
10.1177/014616702236834
OpenAlex
W2049867294
Cited by
420
References
50
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FWCI
12.92
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
Keywords
mortality salience, terror management theory, prosocial attitudes, prosocial behavior, charitable giving, cultural values, fear of death

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