Death, quest, and self-esteem: re-examining the role of self-esteem and religion following mortality salience
Terror management theory suggests that when mortality concerns are salient, religion can serve as a defence in order to boost self-esteem and shield against the potential for anxiety. The current study examined whether individual differences in religious orientation (i.e., quest) interacted with rem...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Routledge
2018
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Religion, brain & behavior
Année: 2018, Volume: 8, Numéro: 1, Pages: 69-76 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Mortality
B Individual differences B terror management theory B Self-esteem B Quest |
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| Résumé: | Terror management theory suggests that when mortality concerns are salient, religion can serve as a defence in order to boost self-esteem and shield against the potential for anxiety. The current study examined whether individual differences in religious orientation (i.e., quest) interacted with reminders of death to influence well-being. To the extent that religiosity buffers against mortality awareness on defensiveness, the present results demonstrated that individuals high in quest orientation, in comparison to low-quest-orientated individuals, reported lower well-being (i.e., self-esteem) following reminders of death. These results add to the existing body of literature suggesting that thoughts of death can serve to decrease well-being, but that this effect is influenced by individual differences, namely trait quest religiosity. |
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| ISSN: | 2153-5981 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Religion, brain & behavior
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/2153599X.2016.1238843 |