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Delay and Death-thought Accessibility: A Meta-analysis
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Steinman, Christopher T
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1461077859
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Year and Degree
2016, MA, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Psychological Sciences.
Abstract
The dual-process component of Terror Management Theory (TMT) proposes that different types of threats lead to increases in death-thought accessibility (DTA) after different delay intervals. Experimental studies of TMT threats’ effect on DTA were collected and coded for their use of explicitly death-related threats, and for their use of delay and task-switching during the delay. Results reveal that studies using death-related threats achieved larger DTA effect-sizes if they included a longer delay between the threat and the DTA measurement. In contrast, studies using threats that were not explicitly death-related achieved smaller DTA effect-sizes if they included more task-switching between the threat and the DTA measurement. These findings provide partial support for the dual-process component’s predictions regarding delay and DTA. Limitations and future directions are discussed.
Committee
JOHN Updegraff (Advisor)
Pages
44 p.
Subject Headings
Psychology
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Social Psychology
Keywords
terror management, death-thought accessibility, delay, meta-analysis
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Steinman, C. T. (2016).
Delay and Death-thought Accessibility: A Meta-analysis
[Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1461077859
APA Style (7th edition)
Steinman, Christopher.
Delay and Death-thought Accessibility: A Meta-analysis.
2016. Kent State University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1461077859.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Steinman, Christopher. "Delay and Death-thought Accessibility: A Meta-analysis." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1461077859
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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