Florette Cohen

Biographic Data

ID4234878
NAMEFlorette Cohen
GIVEN NAMESFlorette
FAMILY NAMECohen
SIGNATURECOHEN F
AFFILIATIONSCollege of Staten Island
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS12
TOTAL CITATIONS34
AUTHOR COUNT12
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2004
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
H-INDEX2

  • Are You Smarter Than a Cetacean: Death Reminders and Concerns About Human Intelligence

    Melissa Soenke, Florette Cohen et al.ARTICLESociety and Animals2018Cited by: 1References: 8

    Terror management theory and research indicate that humans cope with concerns about mortality by believing we are more than nonhuman animals. The current studies investigated whether this motivation plays a role in believing humans are more intelligent than other animals. Study 1 had participants think about mortality or another unpleasant topic. The study found that after the death reminder, participants had more negative reactions to a scientif…

  • What If They’re Right About the Afterlife? Evidence of the Role of Existential Threat on Anti-Atheist Prejudice

    Open AccessCorey L Cook, Florette Cohen et al.ARTICLESocial Psychological and…2015

    Terror management theory posits that the uniquely human awareness of death gives rise to potentially paralyzing terror that is assuaged by embracing cultural worldviews that provide a sense that one is a valuable participant in a meaningful universe. We propose that pervasive and pronounced anti-atheist prejudices stem, in part, from the existential threat posed by conflicting worldview beliefs. Two studies were conducted to establish that existe…

  • Muslim anti-Semitism: The by-product of existential fear: A review of The sons of pigs and apes: Muslim antisemitism and the conspiracy of silence

    Florette CohenARTICLEPeace and Conflict Journal of…2013

  • Evidence for a role of death thought in American attitudes toward symbols of Islam

    Open AccessFlorette Cohen, Melissa Soenke et al.ARTICLEJournal of Experimental Social…2012Cited by: 1References: 17

  • Religion, Ethnicity, and Attitudes Toward Psychotherapy

    Open AccessElizabeth Midlarsky, Steven Pirutinsky et al.ARTICLEJournal of Religion and Health2012Cited by: 2References: 5

  • Finding everland: Flight fantasies and the desire to transcend mortality

    Open AccessFlorette Cohen, Daniel Sullivan et al.ARTICLEJournal of Experimental Social…2010Cited by: 2References: 50

  • Toward Understanding the Fame Game: The Effect of Mortality Salience on the Appeal of Fame

    Jeff Greenberg, Spee Kosloff et al.ARTICLESelf and Identity2009

    Although the appeal of fame in society seems to be increasing, experimental research has yet to examine the motivations that may underlie this apparent appeal. As a first step toward doing so, we conducted three studies to assess whether concerns with mortality play a role in these phenomena. Based on terror management theory and research, we hypothesized that reminders of death would increase people's desire for fame and admiration of celebritie…

  • Blowing in the (social) wind: Implications of extrinsic esteem contingencies for terror management and health

    Jamie Arndt, Cathy R Cox et al.ARTICLEJournal of Personality and Social…2009Cited by: 4

    In 4 studies, the role of extrinsic esteem contingencies in adjusting to shifting health-relevant standards when managing existential fears was examined. Study 1 demonstrated that after reminders of death, higher dispositional focus on extrinsic self-esteem contingencies predicted greater interest in tanning. Using a more domain-specific approach, Study 2 showed that, after being reminded of death, the more individuals smoke for social esteem rea…

  • Modern anti-Semitism and anti-Israeli attitudes

    Florette Cohen, Lee Jussim et al.ARTICLEJournal of Personality and Social…2009Cited by: 23

    Anti-Semitism is resurgent throughout much of the world. A new theoretical model of anti-Semitism is presented and tested in 3 experiments. The model proposes that mortality salience increases anti-Semitism and that anti-Semitism often manifests as hostility toward Israel. Study 1 showed that mortality salience led to greater levels of anti-Semitism and lowered support for Israel. This effect occurred only in a bogus pipeline condition, indicatin…

  • The undesired self: Deadly connotations

    Open AccessDaniel M Ogilvie, Florette Cohen et al.ARTICLEJournal of Research in Personality2008Cited by: 1References: 19

  • Mortality Salience, Martyrdom, and Military Might: The Great Satan Versus the Axis of Evil

    Open AccessTom Pyszczynski, Abdolhossein Abdollahi et al.ARTICLEPersonality and Social Psychology…2006

    Study 1 investigated the effect of mortality salience on support for martyrdom attacks among Iranian college students. Participants were randomly assigned to answer questions about either their own death or an aversive topic unrelated to death and then evaluated materials from fellow students who either supported or opposed martyrdom attacks against the United States. Whereas control participants preferred the student who opposed martyrdom, parti…

  • Deliver us from Evil: The Effects of Mortality Salience and Reminders of 9/11 on Support for President George W. Bush

    Open AccessMark J Landau, Sheldon Solomon et al.ARTICLEPersonality and Social Psychology…2004

    According to terror management theory, heightened concerns about mortality should intensify the appeal of charismatic leaders. To assess this idea, we investigated how thoughts about death and the 9/11 terrorist attacks influence Americans’ attitudes toward current U.S. President George W. Bush. Study 1 found that reminding people of their own mortality (mortality salience) increased support for Bush and his counterterrorism policies. Study 2 dem…