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1st Edition - November 10, 2018
Editors: Clay Routledge, Matthew Vess
Handbook of Terror Management Theory provides an overview of Terror Management Theory (TMT), including critical research derived from the theory, recent research that has expanded… Read more
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Handbook of Terror Management Theory provides an overview of Terror Management Theory (TMT), including critical research derived from the theory, recent research that has expanded and refined the theory, and the many ways the theory has been utilized to understand domains of human social life. The book uses TMT as a lens to help understand human relationships to nature, cultural worldviews, the self, time, the body, attachment, group identification, religion and faith, creativity, personal growth, and the brain.
The first section reviews theoretical and methodological issues, the second focuses on basic research showing how TMT enhances our understanding of a wide range of phenomena, and the third section, Applications, uses TMT to solve a variety of real world problems across different disciplines and contexts, including health behavior, aging, psychopathology, terrorism, consumerism, the legal system, art and media, risk-taking, and communication theory.
Students and researchers in social psychology. Also of interest to those in developmental, clinical, counseling, and cognitive psychology
Section 1: Testing the Contours of the Theory
1. A Consideration of 3 Critical Hypotheses
2. Distinguishing Proximal and Distal Responses to Death-Thoughts
3. Controversies and Alternative Theories
4. TMT Toolbox: A Guide to Doing TMT Research
Section 2: How TMT Helps us Understand
5. The Need to Structure the World
6. Our Relationship with Nature
7. The Self
8. The Self in Time: Nostalgia
9. Human Concerns about Sex, the Body, and Animality
10. Attachment and Romantic Relationships
11. Group Identification
12. Religion
13. Secular Cultural Worldviews
14. Affect, Meaning, and Well-Being
15. Psychological Growth, Creativity, and Exploration
16. Existential Neuroscience: Terror Management and the Brain
Section 3: Applications
17. Health Attitudes and Behavior
18. Aging and Coping with Mortality
19. Psychopathology
20. Terrorism, War, and Peace-Making
21. Consumerism
22. The Legal System
23. Art and Media
24. Death and Risk Taking
25. Communication Theory and Terror Management
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