Mortality salience effects are not confounded with negative mood, which prior TMT research predicts.
Evidence
Negative affectivity was higher in the control deprivation condition (M = 1.71, SD = 0.81) than in the winter salience condition (M = 1.24, SD = 0.29), p = .01. Negative affectivity in the MS condition (M = 1.43, SD = 0.44) did not differ from both other conditions (ps > .10), thus replicating prior TMT research. Treating this variable as a covariate in separate analyses did not change the results reported below in a substantial way. — Dmitrij Agroskin and Eva Jonas, Controlling death by defending ingroups, 53
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Dmitrij Agroskin and Eva Jonas, Controlling death by defending…, 53
- XREF: connects to: Mortality salience effects grow over time while uncertainty and meaninglessness effects decay. — Dmitrij Agroskin and Eva Jonas, Controlling death by defending…, 163; The harshness effect is not mediated by self-reported mood. — Travis Proulx, Steven J. Heine, and Kathleen D. Vohs, When Is the Unfamiliar the Uncanny?…, 57; Death-thought accessibility does not mediate ingroup defense, while control motivation does. — Dmitrij Agroskin and Eva Jonas, Controlling death by defending…, 4
Broader Connections
- The harshness effect is not mediated by self-reported mood.
#expands(0.78) — Travis Proulx, Steven J. Heine, and Kathleen D. Vohs, When Is the Unfamiliar the Uncanny?…, 57 - Death-thought accessibility does not mediate ingroup defense, while control motivation does.
#expands(0.74) — Dmitrij Agroskin and Eva Jonas, Controlling death by defending ingroups, 4 - Mortality salience effects grow over time while uncertainty and meaninglessness effects decay.
#qualifies(0.72) — Dmitrij Agroskin and Eva Jonas, Controlling death by defending ingroups, 163