How sweet it is to be loved by you
The role of perceived regard in the terror management of close relationships
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6203394 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cathy R Cox (0000-0002-1940-3788, Texas Christian University), Jamie Arndt (University of Missouri) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 102 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 616-632 |
| Publication date | 2012-03-01 |
| 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/a0025947 |
| PMID | 22023710 |
| OpenAlex | W2144167258 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 53 |
Drawing from terror management theory, the present research examined whether people turn to close relationships to manage the awareness of mortality because they serve as a source of perceived regard. Studies 1 and 2 demonstrated that mortality salience (MS) leads people to exaggerate how positively their romantic partners see them and demonstrated that people are more committed to their partners to the extent that their romantic partners serve as a source of perceived regard after MS (Study 3). Study 4 revealed that activating thoughts of perceived regard from a partner in response to MS reduced death-thought accessibility. Studies 5 and 6 demonstrated that MS led high relationship contingent self-esteem individuals to exaggerate perceived regard from a partner, and this heightened regard led to greater commitment to one's partner. Study 7 examined attachment style differences and found that after MS, anxious individuals exaggerated how positively their parents see them, whereas secure individuals exaggerated how positively their romantic partners see them. Together, the present results suggest that perceptions of regard play an important role in why people pursue close relationships in the face of existential concerns
Attachment theory · Developmental psychology · Mortality salience · Perception · Romance · Salience (neuroscience) · Social perception · Terror management theory · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology
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When Death is Good for Life
Anxiety or reflection? exploring profiles of death awareness among chinese nurses
The Effect of Group Identification on Death Anxiety
Towards an Anxiety-Buffer Disruption Approach to Depression
Existential inquiries and pathological correlates among Indian adolescents
Till death do us part
Diehard singles
Settling for less out of fear of being single
The social-safety system
Managing the death of close others
A Distant Ally
Intrinsic religiosity protects believers from the existential fear of a human Jesus
Love, Death, and Reason for Living
Mortality management and climate action
Eliciting Mortality Salience in Dark Tourism and its Influence
Romantic love versus reproduction opportunities
Death Anxiety and the Relational
Empirical test of a general process model of threat and defense
The Who is Who of ‘Meaning‐Hunters
Conformity Consumer Behavior and External Threats
Romantic intimacy and terror management
Attachment and loss
Society and the Adolescent Self-Image
The nature and function of self-esteem
The Death-Anxiety Buffering Function of Close Relationships
Tend and Befriend
A dual-process model of defense against conscious and unconscious death-related thoughts
Contingencies of self-worth.
The Existential Function of Close Relationships
The Meaning Maintenance Model
A comparison of methods to test mediation and other intervening variable effects.
Attachment formation and transfer in young adults’close friendships and romantic relationships
A theoretical and empirical review of the death-thought accessibility concept in terror management research
Why Do People Need Self-Esteem? A Theoretical and Empirical Review
Home Leaving to Military Service
When the Relationship Becomes Her
Developmental Differences in Adolescents’ and Young Adults’ Use of Mothers, Fathers, Best Friends, and Romantic Partners to Fulfill Attachment Needs
The moderating role of extrinsic contingency focus on reactions to threat
Testing alternative explanations for mortality salience effects
Terror management and the vicissitudes of sports fan affiliation
Attachment, Self-Esteem, Worldviews, and Terror Management
Relationship-contingent self-esteem and the ups and downs of romantic relationships
Models of the self and other
Stress and accessibility of proximity-related thoughts
Support seeking and support giving within couples in an anxiety-provoking situation
The moderator-mediator variable distinction in social psychological research
The Construction and Validation of a Death Anxiety Scale
Human Nature and the Social Order
Close relationships as including other in the self
Role of consciousness and accessibility of death-related thoughts in mortality salience effects
The trouble of thinking
Adult attachment, working models, and relationship quality in dating couples
The conceptualization of marital commitment
Blowing in the (social) wind
Salient private audiences and awareness of the self
Contingencies of Self-Worth in College Students
Hiding in the crowd
The anxiety-buffering function of close relationships
The nature of adult twin relationships
Self-esteem and the quest for felt security
Fear of death and the judgment of social transgressions
Attachment style as a predictor of adult romantic relationships
Terror management and adults' attachment to their parents
To belong or not to belong, that is the question
Self-esteem as an interpersonal monitor
The Costly Pursuit of Self-Esteem
Optimizing assurance
On Being Insecure about the Assessment of Attachment Styles
Terror management and close relationships
Strivings for Romantic Intimacy Following Partner Complaint or Partner Criticism
Hierarchies of Attachment Relationships in Young Adulthood
Experiences of Falling in Love
Mind, Self, and Society
| Unique citing works | 22 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,57 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |