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Shuffling Deck Chairs on the Titanic: A Terror Management Perspective on Idleness Aversion and Preference for Busyness

Rogers, Ross E.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou151776776512545

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2018, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Ohio University, Experimental Psychology (Arts and Sciences).
Busyness is often preferred over idleness (Hsee, Yang, & Wang, 2010). Drawing from Terror Management Theory (TMT; Greenberg, Pyszczynski, & Solomon, 1986), I argue that existential concerns regarding inevitable personal mortality, in part, contribute to preference for busyness. Three studies support this reasoning. In Study 1, mortality salience increased behavioral busyness. In Study 2, mortality salience marginally elevated favorability toward a busy (vs. idle) individual. In Study 3, being busy reduced the need to engage alternative self-esteem striving-related defenses following a reminder of death. Discussion considers the terror management function of busyness.
Mark Alicke, PhD (Committee Chair)
102 p.
Social Psychology
mortality salience; preference for busyness; Terror Management Theory

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  • Rogers, R. E. (2018). Shuffling Deck Chairs on the Titanic: A Terror Management Perspective on Idleness Aversion and Preference for Busyness [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou151776776512545

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Rogers, Ross. Shuffling Deck Chairs on the Titanic: A Terror Management Perspective on Idleness Aversion and Preference for Busyness. 2018. Ohio University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou151776776512545.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Rogers, Ross. "Shuffling Deck Chairs on the Titanic: A Terror Management Perspective on Idleness Aversion and Preference for Busyness." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou151776776512545

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