Meaning, mortality, and choice : the social psychology of existential concerns /
"A fundamental aspect of being human is knowing that one day we will die. Efforts to contend with this knowledge are at the root of a great many social behaviors across a variety of domains, and include efforts to transcend the human body, aggression against enemies and the need for scapegoats,...
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Washington, D.C. :
American Psychological Association,
[2012]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction / Phillip R. Shavor and Mario Mikulincer
- Terror management theory : from genesis to revelations / Jeff Greenberg
- Helplessness : a hidden liability associated with failed defenses against awareness of death / Mario Mikulincer and Phillip R. Shavor
- A significant contributor to a meaningful cultural drama : terror management research on the functions and implications of self-esteem / Jamie Arndt
- Culture, ideology, morality, and religion : death changes everything / Tom Pyszczynski and Pelin Kesebir
- A body of terror : denial of death and the creaturely body / Jamie L. Goldenberg
- The impermanence of all things : an existentialist stance on personal and social change / Gilad Hirschberger and Dan Shaham
- Meaning : ubiquitous and effortless / Laura A. King
- Religion as a source of meaning / Crystal L. Park and Donald Edmondson
- Becoming and developing : personal growth in the wake of parenthood and grandparenthood / Orit Taubman-Ben-Ari
- Deriving solace from a nemesis : having scapegoats and enemies buffers the threat of meaninglessness / Mark J. Landau ... [and others]
- Terrorism as means to an end : how political violence bestows significance / Arie W. Kruglanski, Michele Gelfand, and Rohan Gunaratna
- Beyond illusions and defense : exploring the possibilities and limits of human autonomy and responsibility through self-determination theory / Richard M. Ryan ... [and others]
- Conditional regard in close relationships / Yaniv Kanat-Maymon ... [and others]
- Removing the constraints on our choices : a psychobiological approach to the effects of mindfulness-based techniques / Nava Levit Binnun, Rachel Kaplan Milgram, and Jacob Raz
- Choice, freedom, and autonomy / Barry Schwartz
- An attachment perspective on coping with existential concerns / Phillip R. Shaver and Mario Mikulincer
- Ostracism : the impact of being rendered meaningless / Kipling D. Williams
- Why people die by suicide : further development and tests of the interpersonal-psychological theory of suicidal behavior / Thomas E. Joiner Jr. and Caroline Silva
- The case of Allison : an existential-integrative inquiry into death anxiety, groundlessness, and the quest for meaning and awe / Kirk J. Schneider
- Separation theory and voice therapy methodology / Robert W. Firestone and Lisa Firestone
- Acceptance and commitment to chosen values in cognitive behavior therapy / Iftah Yovel and Noa Bigman
- The social psychology of meaning, mortality, and choice : an integrative perspective on existential concerns / Sheldon Solomon.