Clarifying the function of mortality salience-induced worldview defense: renewed suppression or reduced accessibility of death-related thoughts

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This article examines the psychological processes activated by mortality awareness in college students. Findings indicate that the contemplation of morality results in a greater need to defend personal beliefs about the world and reduces accessibility to death-related thoughts due to cognitive dissipation, not suppression.

United States, Statistical Data Included, Research, Mortality, College students, Cognition, Defense mechanisms (Psychology), Belief and doubt, Fear of death

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Effects of self-esteem on vulnerability-denying defensive distortions: further evidence of an anxiety-buffering function of self-esteem

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A comparative study was conducted to prove that self-esteem served as a shield against anxiety. It was evident that people with high self-esteem accepted that they were vulnerable to early death, but people with a low self-esteem denied their vulnerability.

Self-esteem, Self esteem

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Combating stereotype threat: The effects of self-affirmation on women's intellectual performance

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The study to investigates the effects of self-affirmation on the performance of women under stereotype threat. It is found that self-affirmation improved the performance of women under threat, but it did not affect men's performance.

Comparative analysis, Academic achievement, Self-confidence, Self confidence, Stereotype (Psychology), Stereotypes (Psychology)

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