Adjusting to death: the effects of mortality salience and self-esteem on psychological well-being, growth motivation, and maladaptive behavior

This research builds on terror management theory to examine the relationships among self-esteem, death cognition, and psychological adjustment. Self-esteem was measured (Studies 1-2, 4-8) or manipulated (Study 3), and thoughts of death were manipulated (Studies 1-3, 5-8) or measured (Study 4). Subse...

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Main Authors: Routledge, Clay (Author), Ostafin, Brian (Author), Juhl, Jacob (Author), Sedikides, Constantine (Author), Cathey, Christie (Author), Liao, Jiangqun (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2010-12.
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