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General and personal mortality salience and nationalistic bias

Nelson, Lori J., Moore, David L., Olivetti, Jennifer, Scott, Tippony·1997·Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

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The purpose of this study was to explore the links between general and personal mortality salience and nationalistic bias. After watching either a mortality salience or a control videotape, participants read a scenario about a car accident in which the driver was suing either an American or a Japanese auto manufacturer. Results showed that mortality salience produced nationalistic bias in assignments of blame to the company and to the driver; such nationalistic bias did not occur in the control condition. This creation of intergroup bias when mortality was made salient is consistent with the predictions of terror management theory. This study makes an important theoretical contribution by providing evidence that the observed effects are driven by thoughts of personal mortality; the bias in favor of American auto companies occurred only among participants who reported thinking about their own deaths.

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Authors
Nelson, L. J., Moore, D. L., Olivetti, J., & Scott, T.
Affiliations
  • Shippensburg University (US)
  • Haverford College (US)
Corresponding author
Nelson, Lori J.
Venue
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Published
1997-08
Volume
23
Issue
8
Pages
884-892
ISSN
  • 0146-1672 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-7433
OpenAlex
W1967890124
Cited by
139
References
17
Citations by year
2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 8
FWCI
5.67
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (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, intergroup bias, blame attribution

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