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Who's Afraid of Death and Terrorists? Investigating Moderating Effects of Sense of Coherence, Mindfulness, Neuroticism, and Meaning in Life on Mortality Salience
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Abstract Sense of coherence (SOC) is thought to be a stress-buffering personality construct. We explored if SOC has a moderating effect on the distress experienced following mortality salience. SOC, mindfulness, neuroticism, and meaning in life were measured as potential moderators. Participants reported on ... view more
Sense of coherence (SOC) is thought to be a stress-buffering personality construct. We explored if SOC has a moderating effect on the distress experienced following mortality salience. SOC, mindfulness, neuroticism, and meaning in life were measured as potential moderators. Participants reported on death anxiety and completed a worldview defense task. Results indicated that all potential moderators were correlated with death anxiety, but not with worldview defense. Yet despite a large sample no main effect for the mortality salience induction could be found. Results highlight the importance of various personality variables on death anxiety.... view less
Keywords
neuroticism; personality; anxiety; emotionality; terrorism; death; existential anxiety; resilience
Classification
Personality Psychology
Free Keywords
mortality salience; sense of coherence; mindfulness; meaning in life
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
Page/Pages
p. 25-36
Journal
Journal of Articles in Support of the Null Hypothesis, 13 (2016) 1
ISSN
1539-8714
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
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Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications