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Terror Management and Anorexia Nervosa: Does Mortality Salience Increase Negative Perceptions of Women With Anorexia Nervosa?

Kubota, Katie
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=marhonors1272301201

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2010, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Marietta College, Psychology.
Research on terror management theory suggests that mortality salience (MS) leads people to reject out-group members. The present study investigated the influence of MS on perceptions of a target labeled with anorexia in contrast to a target labeled with diabetes using a 2 (mortality salience: high vs. control) x2 (diagnostic label: anorexia vs. diabetic) random block design. I expected to find a significant MS by diagnostic label interaction, hypothesizing that participants would give significantly lower opinion ratings to the anorexic target under the high MS condition than those in other conditions. Results showed no significant interaction. There was a significant main effect between diagnostic label and several opinion ratings. This finding supports previous research on the stigma of mental disorders.
Mark Sibicky, PhD (Advisor)
Jacqueline Khorassani, PhD (Committee Member)
18 p.
Psychology
Mortality Salience; Terror Management Theory; Anorexia Nervosa; Social Stigma

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  • Kubota, K. (2010). Terror Management and Anorexia Nervosa: Does Mortality Salience Increase Negative Perceptions of Women With Anorexia Nervosa? [Undergraduate thesis, Marietta College]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=marhonors1272301201

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Kubota, Katie. Terror Management and Anorexia Nervosa: Does Mortality Salience Increase Negative Perceptions of Women With Anorexia Nervosa? 2010. Marietta College, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=marhonors1272301201.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Kubota, Katie. "Terror Management and Anorexia Nervosa: Does Mortality Salience Increase Negative Perceptions of Women With Anorexia Nervosa?" Undergraduate thesis, Marietta College, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=marhonors1272301201

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