This article identifies defining attributes, antecedents, and consequences of the concept of
death anxiety using Rodgers (2000) evolutionary method of concept analysis. The literature …

Research derived from terror management theory (TMT) has shown that people's efforts to
manage the awareness of death often have deleterious consequences for the individual and …

Positive psychology is currently equated with theory and research on the positive aspects of
life. The reality could not be further from the truth. Positive psychology investigates and …

A meta-analysis was conducted on empirical trials investigating the mortality salience (MS)
hypothesis of terror management theory (TMT). TMT postulates that investment in cultural …

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

In the present article, we present a theoretical perspective on ageism that is derived from
terror management theory. According to the theory, human beings manage deeply‐rooted …

Names: Jong, Jonathan, author. Title: Death, anxiety, and religious belief: an existential
psychology of religion/Jonathan Jong and Jamin Halberstadt. Description: New York …

Building on previous existential theorizing, terror management theory provides a unique
approach to conceptualizing the development, maintenance, and impact of psychological …

According to theories of “psychological defense,” humans are motivated to protect
themselves against various types of psychological threat, including death awareness …

We are gratified that after 20 years, terror management theory (TMT; Greenberg,
Pyszczynski, & Solomon, 1986), a formalization of Becker's (1971, 1973, 1975) integrative …