Dying the right-way? Interest in and perceived persuasiveness of parochial extremist propaganda increases after mortality salience

Research on parochial altruism demonstrated that hostility toward out-groups (parochialism) represents the dark side of the willingness to benefit one’s in-group even at own costs (altruism). Parochial aggression thereby emerges mainly under conditions of threat. Extremist propaganda videos, for ins...

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Main Authors: Lena eFrischlich, Diana eRieger, Maia eHein, Gary eBente
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01222/full