It's the End of the World and I Feel Fine: Soul Belief and Perceptions of End-of-the-World Scenarios  

Oleh:

Lifshin, Uri ; Greenberg, Jeff ; Weise, David ; Soenke, Melissa

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (http://journals.sagepub.com/home/pspc) vol. 42 no. 1 (Jan. 2016), page 104-117.
Topik: soul; immortality; religion; end of the world; global warming
Fulltext: PP4510442012016.pdf (950.06KB)

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Five studies tested the effects that soul beliefs have on reactions to end-of-the-world scenarios. In Studies 1 and 2, participants who firmly believe in an immortal soul showed less resistance to an article predicting the end of humanity than those without such belief. However, in Studies 3 to 5, thoughts of symbolic immortality made soul believers more resistant to scientific evidence predicting the end of humanity. These results suggest that belief in an immortal soul provides psychological protection against the threat of humanity’s demise that does not hold for symbolic immortality beliefs.

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