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Effects of mortality salience aroused by threats against human identity on intergroup bias
Author(s) -
Agustin EchebarriaEchabe
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
european journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1099-0992
pISSN - 0046-2772
DOI - 10.1002/ejsp.597
Subject(s) - mortality salience , salience (neuroscience) , terror management theory , psychology , social psychology , social identity theory , in group favoritism , social group , cognitive psychology
An experimental study on the effects of mortality salience aroused by threats against different components of the Self (personal, social and human identities) on intergroup bias is presented. It is hypothesised and found that the mortality salience per se does not inevitably led to increments of intergroup bias. This increment occurs when mortality salience is aroused by threats against personal or social identities. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.