Death anxiety is considered to be a basic fear underlying the development and maintenance
of numerous psychological conditions. Treatment of transdiagnostic constructs, such as …

This article introduces a terror management health model (TMHM). The model integrates
disparate health and social psychology literatures to elucidate how the conscious and …

The recent COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a surge in anxiety across the globe. Much of
the public's behavioural and emotional response to the virus can be understood through the …

Research indicates that being bored affectively marks an appraised lack of meaning in the
present situation and in life. We propose that state boredom increases eating in an attempt …

The relationship between social comparison and body dissatisfaction was examined using
meta-analysis. Several demographic and methodological variables were examined as …

This article presents terror management theory (TMT) as a way to understand how the
human awareness of death affects materialism, conspicuous consumption, and consumer …

Just as good looks bestow an unconscious “beauty premium” on people, high aesthetics
bestows an unrecognized benefit on consumer goods. Specifically, choosing a product with …

Broad consistency of a theory with general trends in human behavior is necessary, but not
sufficient, for accepting the theory's validity. We should be able to use the theory to generate …

According to the dual defense model of terror management, proximal defenses are engaged
to reduce the conscious impact of mortality salience, whereas thoughts of death outside of …

Growing research suggests that death anxiety may be transdiagnostic, playing a key role in
the development and symptomology of psychopathology. This meta-analysis examined the …