Full-text resources of CEJSH and other databases are now available in the new Library of Science.
Visit https://bibliotekanauki.pl

PL EN


2004 | 42 | 2 | 47-56

Article title

MORTALITY SALIENCE PROCEDURE'S INFLUENCE ON READINESS TO ALTRUISTIC BEHAVIOR

Authors

Title variants

Languages of publication

PL

Abstracts

EN
According to the Terror Management Theory, it was predicted that mortality salience leads to engagement in altruistic behavior. Results of experiment 1 supported this prediction. Participants in mortality salience condition had the will to engage in altruistic behavior more often than participants in control condition. The different studies suggested that this effect could be mediated by the change the level of self representation. However experiment 2 proved that mortality salience does not lead to shift to collective self. The discussion focuses on relevance of the standard of altruism. The Anna Freud's (1993) suggestion of link between fear of death and altruism is also discussed.

Keywords

Year

Volume

42

Issue

2

Pages

47-56

Physical description

Document type

ARTICLE

Contributors

author
  • M. Jaskiewicz, Uniwersytet Gdanski, Instytut Psychologii, ul. Pomorska 68, 80-343 Gdansk, Poland.

References

Document Type

Publication order reference

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier
05PLAAAA0028662

YADDA identifier

bwmeta1.element.c1f74295-ef02-3e62-8091-a6f4cc4e6860
JavaScript is turned off in your web browser. Turn it on to take full advantage of this site, then refresh the page.