Joseph Hayes
Biographic Data
| ID | 3863718 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joseph Hayes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joseph |
| FAMILY NAME | Hayes |
| SIGNATURE | HAYES J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alberta |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8231-4983 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 79 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Higher power dynamics
Fidelity with self-transcendent values is hailed as a hallmark of mature and magnanimous character by classic psychological and philosophical theories. Dozens of contemporary experiments inspired by self-affirmation theory have also found that when people are under threat, focus on self-transcendent values can confer magnanimity by improving psychological buoyancy (less anxious and more courageous, determined, and effective) and decreasing bellig…
(Don't Fear) the Reefer
Introduction: The current research employed a terror management framework to understand the cognitive effects of frequent drug use. The study focused specifically on cannabis users and tested the hypothesis that frequent cannabis use is associated with the development of cannabis-related worldview beliefs that take on an existential function for frequent users. Method: Participants (N = 226) answered questions about their cannabis use and complet…
To the Victors Go the Existential Spoils
Introduction: Research in support of terror management theory suggests that mortality concerns will activate symbolic defenses associated with cultural worldviews, and when these defenses are activated, mental health will benefit. However, no study to date has examined this process in full. We filled this gap, while testing the moderating effect of feeling successful vis-à-vis cultural value-standards. Method: In two studies, we hypothesized that…
How data science can advance mental health research
Unintended effects of measuring implicit processes
Why bother? Death, failure, and fatalistic withdrawal from life
The current research examines the conditions under which death contemplation will reduce, rather than increase, goal directed activity. By employing a goal-regulation perspective on the problem of death, we hypothesized that death awareness precipitates withdrawal from the goal for continued life when life is experienced as dissatisfying and hope for the future appears bleak. In Study 1, participants with low life satisfaction who contemplated go…
Worldview Accommodation
Although numerous studies have examined compensatory reactions to ideological threats such as derogation, relatively little research has focused on alternative forms of defense. One such alternative, termed accommodation, involves accepting and incorporating parts of the threatening information into existing belief-structures. The present research employs a terror management framework to assess the effects of worldview threat, death-thoughts, and…
Following and Resisting Body Image Ideals in Advertising
Extrinsic contingency focus reflects people's tendency to derive self-esteem by meeting socially (versus personally) defined standards. Three studies examined the relationship between extrinsic contingency focus (ECF) and responses to social ideals. The results of Studies 1 and 2 showed that exposure to advertisements that contained idealized body images led high-ECF participants to engage in behaviors directed toward the attainment of the ideal.…
The effects of existential threat on reading comprehension of worldview affirming and disconfirming information
Terror management theory posits that cultural worldviews buffer people from thoughts and concerns about death. In support of this claim, numerous studies have shown that mortality salience (MS) increases an individual's motivation to uphold and defend important cultural worldviews. We hypothesized that the motivation to defend cultural worldviews following MS would also enhance people's ability to comprehend worldview affirming (vs. disconfirming…
Prevalence of Same-Sex Behavior and Orientation in England
The return from mania
A Polish patient well known to the team was admitted with a manic relapse of bipolar affective disorder. Early on in his admission he attended an art group and there he wrote, with a bright red felt tip pen, the following poem: ![Graphic][1] It continued... > We came for lunch. They had horses and guns. But there was only one entrance and exit. > > They gave me a black quadrangle. It contained your God. You shot my cohort. 300 people. I was rathe…
A theoretical and empirical review of the death-thought accessibility concept in terror management research
Terror management theory (TMT) highlights the motivational impact of thoughts of death in various aspects of everyday life. Since its inception in 1986, research on TMT has undergone a slight but significant shift from an almost exclusive focus on the manipulation of thoughts of death to a marked increase in studies that measure the accessibility of death-related cognition. Indeed, the number of death-thought accessibility (DTA) studies in the pu…
Self-esteem and autonomic physiology
The moderating role of extrinsic contingency focus on reactions to threat
Over the last decade a number of theorists have advanced a multifaceted conceptualization of self‐esteem. Central to this idea is the notion that self‐esteem is less secure and more defensive when individuals are more focused on extrinsic contingencies. To test the hypothesis that individuals with high dispositional levels of extrinsic contingency focus (ECF) are insecure and respond defensively to threat, we developed a measure of ECF and conduc…
Evidence for the DTA hypothesis II
Is death really the worm at the core? Converging evidence that worldview threat increases death-thought accessibility
According to terror management theory, if the cultural worldview protects people from thoughts about death, then weakening this structure should increase death-thought accessibility (DTA). Five studies tested this DTA hypothesis. Study 1 showed that threatening Canadian participants' cultural values (vs. those of another culture) increased DTA on a word-fragment completion task. Study 2 showed that when participants could dismiss the threat, DTA …
Evidence for the DTA hypothesis II
Is death really the worm at the core? Converging evidence that worldview threat increases death-thought accessibility
According to terror management theory, if the cultural worldview protects people from thoughts about death, then weakening this structure should increase death-thought accessibility (DTA). Five studies tested this DTA hypothesis. Study 1 showed that threatening Canadian participants' cultural values (vs. those of another culture) increased DTA on a word-fragment completion task. Study 2 showed that when participants could dismiss the threat, DTA …
Unintended effects of measuring implicit processes
Why bother? Death, failure, and fatalistic withdrawal from life
The current research examines the conditions under which death contemplation will reduce, rather than increase, goal directed activity. By employing a goal-regulation perspective on the problem of death, we hypothesized that death awareness precipitates withdrawal from the goal for continued life when life is experienced as dissatisfying and hope for the future appears bleak. In Study 1, participants with low life satisfaction who contemplated go…
Prevalence of Same-Sex Behavior and Orientation in England
The effects of existential threat on reading comprehension of worldview affirming and disconfirming information
Terror management theory posits that cultural worldviews buffer people from thoughts and concerns about death. In support of this claim, numerous studies have shown that mortality salience (MS) increases an individual's motivation to uphold and defend important cultural worldviews. We hypothesized that the motivation to defend cultural worldviews following MS would also enhance people's ability to comprehend worldview affirming (vs. disconfirming…
The moderating role of extrinsic contingency focus on reactions to threat
Over the last decade a number of theorists have advanced a multifaceted conceptualization of self‐esteem. Central to this idea is the notion that self‐esteem is less secure and more defensive when individuals are more focused on extrinsic contingencies. To test the hypothesis that individuals with high dispositional levels of extrinsic contingency focus (ECF) are insecure and respond defensively to threat, we developed a measure of ECF and conduc…
How data science can advance mental health research
Self-esteem and autonomic physiology
Is death really the worm at the core? Converging evidence that worldview threat increases death-thought accessibility
According to terror management theory, if the cultural worldview protects people from thoughts about death, then weakening this structure should increase death-thought accessibility (DTA). Five studies tested this DTA hypothesis. Study 1 showed that threatening Canadian participants' cultural values (vs. those of another culture) increased DTA on a word-fragment completion task. Study 2 showed that when participants could dismiss the threat, DTA …
Evidence for the DTA hypothesis II
A theoretical and empirical review of the death-thought accessibility concept in terror management research
Terror management theory (TMT) highlights the motivational impact of thoughts of death in various aspects of everyday life. Since its inception in 1986, research on TMT has undergone a slight but significant shift from an almost exclusive focus on the manipulation of thoughts of death to a marked increase in studies that measure the accessibility of death-related cognition. Indeed, the number of death-thought accessibility (DTA) studies in the pu…
Self-esteem and autonomic physiology
The moderating role of extrinsic contingency focus on reactions to threat
Over the last decade a number of theorists have advanced a multifaceted conceptualization of self‐esteem. Central to this idea is the notion that self‐esteem is less secure and more defensive when individuals are more focused on extrinsic contingencies. To test the hypothesis that individuals with high dispositional levels of extrinsic contingency focus (ECF) are insecure and respond defensively to threat, we developed a measure of ECF and conduc…
The return from mania
A Polish patient well known to the team was admitted with a manic relapse of bipolar affective disorder. Early on in his admission he attended an art group and there he wrote, with a bright red felt tip pen, the following poem: ![Graphic][1] It continued... > We came for lunch. They had horses and guns. But there was only one entrance and exit. > > They gave me a black quadrangle. It contained your God. You shot my cohort. 300 people. I was rathe…
The effects of existential threat on reading comprehension of worldview affirming and disconfirming information
Terror management theory posits that cultural worldviews buffer people from thoughts and concerns about death. In support of this claim, numerous studies have shown that mortality salience (MS) increases an individual's motivation to uphold and defend important cultural worldviews. We hypothesized that the motivation to defend cultural worldviews following MS would also enhance people's ability to comprehend worldview affirming (vs. disconfirming…
Prevalence of Same-Sex Behavior and Orientation in England
Following and Resisting Body Image Ideals in Advertising
Extrinsic contingency focus reflects people's tendency to derive self-esteem by meeting socially (versus personally) defined standards. Three studies examined the relationship between extrinsic contingency focus (ECF) and responses to social ideals. The results of Studies 1 and 2 showed that exposure to advertisements that contained idealized body images led high-ECF participants to engage in behaviors directed toward the attainment of the ideal.…
Worldview Accommodation
Although numerous studies have examined compensatory reactions to ideological threats such as derogation, relatively little research has focused on alternative forms of defense. One such alternative, termed accommodation, involves accepting and incorporating parts of the threatening information into existing belief-structures. The present research employs a terror management framework to assess the effects of worldview threat, death-thoughts, and…
Why bother? Death, failure, and fatalistic withdrawal from life
The current research examines the conditions under which death contemplation will reduce, rather than increase, goal directed activity. By employing a goal-regulation perspective on the problem of death, we hypothesized that death awareness precipitates withdrawal from the goal for continued life when life is experienced as dissatisfying and hope for the future appears bleak. In Study 1, participants with low life satisfaction who contemplated go…
Unintended effects of measuring implicit processes
How data science can advance mental health research
(Don't Fear) the Reefer
Introduction: The current research employed a terror management framework to understand the cognitive effects of frequent drug use. The study focused specifically on cannabis users and tested the hypothesis that frequent cannabis use is associated with the development of cannabis-related worldview beliefs that take on an existential function for frequent users. Method: Participants (N = 226) answered questions about their cannabis use and complet…
To the Victors Go the Existential Spoils
Introduction: Research in support of terror management theory suggests that mortality concerns will activate symbolic defenses associated with cultural worldviews, and when these defenses are activated, mental health will benefit. However, no study to date has examined this process in full. We filled this gap, while testing the moderating effect of feeling successful vis-à-vis cultural value-standards. Method: In two studies, we hypothesized that…
Higher power dynamics
Fidelity with self-transcendent values is hailed as a hallmark of mature and magnanimous character by classic psychological and philosophical theories. Dozens of contemporary experiments inspired by self-affirmation theory have also found that when people are under threat, focus on self-transcendent values can confer magnanimity by improving psychological buoyancy (less anxious and more courageous, determined, and effective) and decreasing bellig…
Psychology (16 works) · Social Psychology (14 works) · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (11 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Terror management theory (6 works) · Anxiety (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Death anxiety (5 works)