Managing Death in the Burning Grounds of Varanasi, India: A Terror Management Investigation  

Oleh:

Fernandez, Silvia ; Castano, Emanuele ; Singh, Indramani

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (http://journals.sagepub.com/home/jcca) vol. 41 no. 2 (2010), page 182-194.
Topik: terror management; mortality salience; India; Varanasi; death exposure; cultural worldview defense; Hinduism
Fulltext: JCCP_41_02_182.pdf (273.87KB)

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Is it possible to reach a subconscious acceptance of death? Building on Terror Management Theory, the authors investigated in-group identification and cultural worldview among two groups of Hindus with naturally occurring high (N = 120) versus low (N = 120) death exposure. In each group, half were reminded about death and the other half of a control topic. Results indicated that making mortality salient increased identification with India and cultural worldview defense in the low-exposure but not in the high-exposure sample, the latter showing consistently higher levels on these variables across experimental conditions. Chronic death exposure may lead to chronic cultural worldview defense rather than a deeper acceptance of the inevitability of death.

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