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Appears in Collections: | Management, Work and Organisation Journal Articles |
Peer Review Status: | Refereed |
Title: | The role of mortality awareness in hero identification |
Author(s): | McCabe, Simon Carpenter, Ryan W Arndt, Jamie |
Contact Email: | simon.mccabe@stir.ac.uk |
Keywords: | Heroism terror management identification death thoughts |
Issue Date: | 2016 |
Citation: | McCabe S, Carpenter RW & Arndt J (2016) The role of mortality awareness in hero identification, Self and Identity, 15 (6), pp. 707-726. |
Abstract: | Three studies examine hypotheses derived from terror management theory to investigate the relationship between mortality concerns and hero identification. Study 1 found reminders of death, followed by a distraction task and a self-prime, led to greater inclusion of heroes in the self. Study 2 found that writing about a personal hero, but not other’s heroes or acquaintances, led to lower death-thought accessibility after being reminded of mortality. Finally, Study 3 found that after death reminders, participants led to identify with a hero exemplifying traits of legacy and/or sacrifice showed lower death thought accessibility. Findings are discussed as generative for heroism research, informing a previously overlooked motivation underlying hero identification and the existential function of such identification. |
DOI Link: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2016.1206033 |
Rights: | This item has been embargoed for a period. During the embargo please use the Request a Copy feature at the foot of the Repository record to request a copy directly from the author. You can only request a copy if you wish to use this work for your own research or private study. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in Self and Identity on 06 Jul 2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/15298868.2016.1206033. |
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