'Heroes aren't always so great!' – Heroic perceptions under mortality salience. (2nd October 2019)
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- Journal Article
- Title:
- 'Heroes aren't always so great!' – Heroic perceptions under mortality salience. (2nd October 2019)
- Main Title:
- 'Heroes aren't always so great!' – Heroic perceptions under mortality salience
- Authors:
- Schindler, Simon
Pfattheicher, Stefan
Reinhard, Marc-André
Greenberg, Jeff - Abstract:
- ABSTRACT: According to terror management theory, in a first study ( N = 80), we tested the hypothesis that heroic perceptions of historic heroes would become more positive under mortality salience. Results, however, showed the opposite effect – heroic perceptions were less positive. To explain this unexpected finding, we referred to a social comparison perspective, assuming comparisons with a hero are likely to be unfavorable for one's self-esteem. Two further (pre-registered) studies were conducted to test this idea. Mortality salience effects in Study 2 ( N = 615) were not significant. However, using an improved experimental procedure in Study 3 ( N = 600), heroic perceptions were indeed significantly less positive under MS, especially for participants with low trait self-esteem and low social comparison orientation.
- Is Part Of:
- Social influence. Volume 14:Number 3/4(2019)
- Journal:
- Social influence
- Issue:
- Volume 14:Number 3/4(2019)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 14, Issue 3/4 (2019)
- Year:
- 2019
- Volume:
- 14
- Issue:
- 3/4
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2019-0014-NaN-0000
- Page Start:
- 77
- Page End:
- 91
- Publication Date:
- 2019-10-02
- Subjects:
- Heroic perceptions -- mortality salience -- terror management theory -- social comparison -- self-esteem
Social influence -- Periodicals
302.13 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/psif20/current ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1080/15534510.2019.1656668 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1553-4510
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