Adjusting to Death: The Effects of Mortality Salience and Self-Esteem on Psychological Well-Being, Growth Motivation, and Maladaptive Behavior

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 897-916

  Routledge, Clay ^a   Ostafin, Brian ^a   Juhl, Jacob ^a   Sedikides, Constantine ^b   Cathey, Christie ^c   Liao, Jiangqun ^d  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c MISSOURI SOUTHERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Mortality salience; Self esteem; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649956141     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021431     Document Type: Article

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