Perceived collective continuity and ingroup identification as defence against death awareness
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9005331 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fabio Sani (0000-0003-1578-5472, University of Dundee, corresponding author), Marina Herrera (0000-0001-5018-802X, Universitat de València), Mhairi Bowe (0000-0002-0491-1472, University of Dundee) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 242-245 |
| Publication date | 2008-08-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-1031 • E-ISSN: 1096-0465 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.jesp.2008.07.019 |
| OpenAlex | W1981427866 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 46 |
| References cited | 17 |
Perhaps unique among the animal species, humans are aware that they will ultimately die. Terror management theory (TMT) posits that investing in a social group helps people to manage paralysing anxiety stemming from death awareness. In line with this proposition, research to date has shown that when reminded of their own mortality, people increase their identification with a relevant group and defend its beliefs, values, and practices. In the reported study, we demonstrate that a mortality salience induction enhances people’s perceptions of group temporal endurance—or perceived collective continuity (PCC), as we define it. Enhanced PCC leads, in turn, to enhanced group identification. This is in line with the TMT assumption that death awareness leads people to invest in a social group because this constitutes a temporally enduring meaning-system that imbues life with meaning, order, and permanence, and promises death transcendence to those who meet the prescribed standards of value
Anxiety · Cognitive psychology · Death anxiety · Group identification · Identification (biology · Ingroups and outgroups · Meaning (existential · Mortality salience · Perception · Psychotherapist · Salience (neuroscience · Social group · Social identity theory · Terror management theory · Value (mathematics · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 46 |
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| Citations per year | 2,88 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2025 (16) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 46 |