Hiding in the crowd
Can mortality salience promote affiliation with others who oppose one's worldviews
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6203046 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Arnaud Wisman (0000-0002-7197-9207, University of Amsterdam), Sander L Koole (0000-0002-3422-223X, University of Amsterdam) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 84 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 511-526 |
| Publication date | 2003-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037//0022-3514.84.3.511 |
| PMID | 12635913 |
| OpenAlex | W4245370626 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 65 |
| References cited | 69 |
The present research highlights affiliation defenses in the psychological confrontation with death. In 3 experiments, it was found that mortality salience led to increased affiliation strivings, as indicated by a greater preference for sitting within a group as opposed to sitting alone. Mortality salience actually led to increased affiliation with a worldview-threatening group (Experiments 1-2), even when affiliation with the group forced participants to attack their own worldviews (Experiment 3). Taken together, the findings support a distinct role of affiliation defenses against existential concerns. Moreover, affiliation defenses seem powerful enough to override worldview validation defenses, even when the worldviews in question are personally relevant and highly accessible
Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Epistemology · Existentialism · Mortality salience · Preference · Salience (neuroscience · Terror management theory · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
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