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Disaster threat and justice sensitivity: a terror management perspective
Author(s) -
Kastenmüller Andreas,
Greitemeyer Tobias,
Hindocha Neil,
Tattersall Andrew J.,
Fischer Peter
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/jasp.12163
Subject(s) - terrorism , terror management theory , economic justice , psychology , newspaper , perspective (graphical) , social psychology , criminology , sensitivity (control systems) , observer (physics) , political science , law , art , engineering , visual arts , electronic engineering , physics , quantum mechanics
Based on terror management theory, we tested the idea that reminders of death strengthen justice sensitivity. In Study 1, we exposed participants to three different kinds of death‐related pictures (terrorism vs. natural disasters vs. graveyards) or neutral pictures. The results showed that death‐related visual material led to more justice sensitivity from three perspectives (victim, observer, and perpetrator) than neutral visual material. Likewise, Study 2 indicated that fake newspaper articles claiming that the likelihood of terrorism is very high (vs. low) strengthened these three justice sensitivity types. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.