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Title
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From mortality to connectedness: an experimental study of affiliation, punitiveness, and mood.
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Creator
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Rosenzweig, Garreth., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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Abstract/Description
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Terror Management Theory posits that induced death-related cognitions lead to anxiety. To relieve anxiety, individuals may bolster their self-esteem or current cultural worldviews. The current study hypothesizes that induced thoughts of social connectedness will be an anxiety-buffering mechanism that will reduce the need to defend one's worldview. Participants watched one of two films which were intended to either induce social connectedness or have no effect on the individual. Each...
Show moreTerror Management Theory posits that induced death-related cognitions lead to anxiety. To relieve anxiety, individuals may bolster their self-esteem or current cultural worldviews. The current study hypothesizes that induced thoughts of social connectedness will be an anxiety-buffering mechanism that will reduce the need to defend one's worldview. Participants watched one of two films which were intended to either induce social connectedness or have no effect on the individual. Each participant watched a short film clip then completed measures pertaining to moral transgressions, affiliative and agentic extraversion, self-esteem, and positive and negative affect. Females who were high on affiliation were found to defend their worldviews more often than males high on affiliation following the social connectedness induction. The experimental (42-Up) condition showed lower levels of punitiveness than the control (K-Web) condition.
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Date Issued
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2007
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/11602
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Subject Headings
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Experience, Psychological aspects, Interpersonal relations, Affect (Psychology), Mortality salience, Terror management theory
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Format
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Document (PDF)
