The dynamics of death and meaning: the effects of death-relevant cognitions and personal need for structure on perceptions of meaning in life

Do reminders of mortality increase or decrease perceptions of life's meaning? The authors propose that death-relevant thought has divergent effects on meaning perceptions depending on individuals' personal need for structure (PNS) or dispositional desire for structured knowledge. In prior...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of personality and social psychology Jg. 97; H. 4; S. 728
Hauptverfasser:	Vess, Matthew, Routledge, Clay, Landau, Mark J, Arndt, Jamie
Format:	Journal Article
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	United States 01.10.2009
Schlagworte:	Adaptation, Psychological - physiology Affect - physiology Attitude to Death Cognition - physiology Cues Exploratory Behavior - physiology Fear - physiology Fear - psychology Female Humans Male Object Attachment Perception - physiology Recognition (Psychology) - physiology Students - psychology
ISSN:	0022-3514
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