scholarly journals Cultural Management of Terror and Worry During the COVID-19 Pandemic: How Religiosity and a Dream of Human Solidarity Help the Polish People Cope

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arkadiusz Gut ◽  
Łukasz Miciuk ◽  
Oleg Gorbaniuk ◽  
Przemysław Gut ◽  
Anna Karczmarczyk
Keyword(s):  
Terror Management Theory ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Protective Role ◽  
Social Solidarity ◽  
Culturally Specific ◽  
Cultural Management ◽  
Polish People ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Carpe Diem

The COVID-19 pandemic, which involves the threat of contracting a potentially fatal disease, can be understood as a source of terror. According to terror management theory, people shield themselves from terror by adopting culturally specific worldviews and protecting self-esteem. The study investigates the protective role of worldviews that are culturally specific to Poles: religiosity and social solidarity. The hypothesis was that Poles who tend to worry, entertain these worldviews and are more likely to maintain high self-esteem and concentrate on the current moment (carpe diem), which theoretically allows them to reduce future-related anxiety. Path analysis confirmed that self-esteem, the centrality of religiosity, and expectation of solidarity due to the COVID-19 pandemic mediate the relationship between the worry trait and carpe diem.

scholarly journals Adolescent Religiosity and Psychosocial Functioning: Investigating the Roles of Religious Tradition, National-Ethnic Group, and Gender

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heidi E. Stolz ◽  
Joseph A. Olsen ◽  
Teri M. Henke ◽  
Brian K. Barber
Keyword(s):  
Antisocial Behavior ◽  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Psychosocial Functioning ◽  
Mixed Model ◽  
Religious Tradition ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Protective Role ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Relationship

This study utilized data from over 9,300 youth from 11 national or within-nation ethnic groups to evaluate the relationship between youth religiosity and youth social outcomes (social initiative, antisocial behavior) and psychological outcomes (self-esteem and depression) considering the roles of religious tradition, national-ethnic group, and gender. We created national-ethnic group by religious tradition (NEG × RT) combinations, partitioned religiosity into between-group and within-group components, and performed a series of mixed model regressions for each outcome. The levels of all four outcomes of interest differed significantly across NEG × RT groups, and these differences were attributable to national-ethnic group rather than religious tradition. Youth reports of antisocial behavior and self-esteem were predicted by between-group religiosity. Additionally, within-group religiosity predicted all four outcomes, indicating that the protective role of religiosity functions in a comparative, or relative, manner with youth who are more religious than others in their group reaping the most benefits.

scholarly journals Suicidal thoughts among university students: The role of mattering, state self-esteem and depression level

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 494
Author(s):  
Kususanto Ditto Prihadi ◽  
Charon Y.S. Wong ◽  
Erina Y.V. Chong ◽  
Kate Y.X. Chong
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Suicide Ideation ◽  
Psychological Theory ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Protective Role ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
Depression Level ◽  
Interpersonal Psychological Theory ◽  
The Relationship

The protective role of mattering on suicide ideation among university students was examined. Our study is grounded in the Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicide, which led to a hypothesis that between depression levels and state self-esteem has significant serial multiple mediating effects on the relationship between mattering and suicide ideation. University students from various nationality who study in Indonesia and Malaysia (n=509) responded to General Mattering Scale, State Self-Esteem Scale, Beck’s Depression Inventory, and Suicide Ideation Attributes Scale, as well as demographic details including their gender, spirituality, education, birth order and nationality. The result of Bootstrap analyses with 95% confident interval from 5000 samples suggested that the serial mediation partially occurred to the link between mattering and suicide ideation.

Online Interactions as a Terror Management Mechanism

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 30-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Partouche-Sebban
Keyword(s):  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Terror Management Theory ◽  
Terror Management ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Social Recognition ◽  
Online Interactions ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Facebook Use ◽  
The Relationship

Death is source of fascination and fear and the deny of death is at the basis of the human motivation. Terror Management Theory suggests that death awareness and the fundamental instinct of self-preservation create a potential for anxiety that individuals try to face by using different mechanisms oriented toward self-esteem striving. While existing research deals with the role of close relationships in the terror management, research on how online interactions may serve as a terror mechanism is lacking. This research seeks to examine the relationship between death anxiety and Facebook use. A quantitative study was conducted among 181 participants. Results show a positive relationship between death anxiety and Facebook use, as Facebook is a means to present a valuable self-image and gain social recognition. Contributions for social marketing in particular and limits of the study are discussed.

scholarly journals Treasure or Bargain? The Influence of Mortality Salience on Possession Valuation

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuqi Liu
Keyword(s):  
Terror Management Theory ◽  
Mortality Salience ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Selling Price ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Valuation Process ◽  
Moderation Model ◽  
Ownership Effect ◽  
The Relationship

The present study discusses the role of self-esteem in moderating the relationship between mortality salience and valuation of possessions. Terror Management Theory (TMT) proposes that self-esteem serves as an anxiety buffer when thoughts of death are salient and that compared to people with low self-esteem, individuals with high self-esteem are less defensive in response to mortality salience. On the other hand, studies about the mere-ownership effect suggest that people with high self-esteem extend their positive self-evaluation to the evaluation of possessions just because they own them. Thus, self-esteem affects both reactions to mortality salience and the valuation process. However, no studies have explored the effect of mortality salience on possession valuation. The present study suggests that when reminded of death, people with low self-esteem raise the minimum selling price of owned objects, while people with high self-esteem lower the price. A moderation model shows that self-esteem moderates the relationship between mortality salience and valuation of possession.

Parenting Behaviors and Anxiety in Young Adults

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 170-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin N. Stevens ◽  
Joseph R. Bardeen ◽  
Kyle W. Murdock
Keyword(s):  
Effortful Control ◽  
Parenting Behaviors ◽  
Protective Role ◽  
Anxiety Symptoms ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Parental Overprotection ◽  
High Control ◽  
Development Of Anxiety ◽  
The Relationship

Parenting behaviors – specifically behaviors characterized by high control, intrusiveness, rejection, and overprotection – and effortful control have each been implicated in the development of anxiety pathology. However, little research has examined the protective role of effortful control in the relation between parenting and anxiety symptoms, specifically among adults. Thus, we sought to explore the unique and interactive effects of parenting and effortful control on anxiety among adults (N = 162). Results suggest that effortful control uniquely contributes to anxiety symptoms above and beyond that of any parenting behavior. Furthermore, effortful control acted as a moderator of the relationship between parental overprotection and anxiety, such that overprotection is associated with anxiety only in individuals with lower levels of effortful control. Implications for potential prevention and intervention efforts which specifically target effortful control are discussed. These findings underscore the importance of considering individual differences in self-regulatory abilities when examining associations between putative early-life risk factors, such as parenting, and anxiety symptoms.

Buying-Shopping Disorder among Women: The Role of Vulnerability to Marketing, Buying Motives, Impulsivity, and Self-Esteem

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 294-303
Author(s):  
Emeline Chauchard ◽  
Julie Mariez ◽  
Marie Grall-Bronnec ◽  
Gaëlle Challet-Bouju
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Marketing Research ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Fashion Industry ◽  
Intention To Purchase ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Alcohol Users ◽  
The Relationship

<b><i>Introduction:</i></b> The influence of marketing on addictive behaviours has been studied among tobacco and alcohol users. Although the fashion industry is highly influenced by marketing, research has poorly studied vulnerability to fashion marketing as a factor related to buying-shopping disorder (BSD) while considering psychological characteristics (buying motives, impulsivity, and self-esteem). <b><i>Objective:</i></b> The objective of the present work is to investigate the relationship between vulnerability to marketing and BSD. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> Women (<i>n</i> = 242) were exclusively recruited through social networking. They completed an online survey exploring the severity of BSD using the <i>Compulsive Buying Scale</i> (CBS) and the psychological factors associated with BSD (impulsivity, self-esteem, and buying motives) and an experimental task designed to investigate the intention to purchase in several situations, where marketing modalities such as price, brand, and packaging fluctuate. <b><i>Results:</i></b> Among the 242 participants in the study, 34 were identified as compulsive buyers (14%). Income level was considered, and compulsive buyers displayed a higher level of vulnerability to marketing, except for the packaging modality. High levels of positive urgency, lack of premeditation, and coping motivation were found to be significant predictors of the CBS score, but vulnerability to marketing was not. <b><i>Discussion and Conclusions:</i></b> Compulsive buyers seem to be more sensitive to marketing strategies, although vulnerability to marketing was not identified as a predictor of the severity of BSD. Given the enormous literature on the role of marketing in other addictive behaviours, further studies are needed to better understand the role of marketing in BSD to develop appropriate public health policies.

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