The effects of morality saliences and chemical protective clothing on deth-avoidance: Moderating effect of self-awareness.

• Main Authors: Ning Tang, 唐寧
• Other Authors: Chih-Long Yen
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/54216436886513856263

碩士 === 國防大學政治作戰學院 === 心理碩士班 === 97 === Abstract Based on the proximal defense notion of Terror Management Theory, this study examined the effects of mortality salience and Chemical Protective Clothing (CPC) wearing on death-avoiding. It is hypothesized that CPC may induces a state of self-awareness, thus people who wear CPC will escape from death more than those who do not wear CPC. A factorial complete randomized design experiment was conducted. 100 military officers were randomly assigned to 2X2 conditions ( mortality salience / control group and CPC wear / not). Three dependent measures included open-ended questionnaire about death, reaction time in death-related words, and score on Death Anxiety Scale were collected. Findings showed that the effects of independent variables on both open-ended questionnaire and Death Anxiety Scale are not significant. A significant of two way interaction effect of the "mortality salience ×CPC" on death-related words reaction time was found, For those who wear CPC, mortality salient group reacted faster in death-related words than the control group. No such effect was fond on no-CPC subjects. ,For those who are in mortality salient condition, CPC-wearing group reacted faster in death-related words than the no-CPC group. No such effect was fond on control group subjects. These results support the hypothesis of the researcher.