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.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. iii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. List of Contributors - p. xv 6. Preface - p. xix 7. Chapter 1. A Consideration of Three Critical Hypotheses - p. 1 8. Chapter 2. Proximal and Distal Terror Management Defenses: A Systematic Review and Analysis - p. 31 9. Chapter 3. What’s Death Got to Do With It? Controversies and Alternative Theories - p. 65 10. Chapter 4. The Method Behind the Science: A Guide to Conducting Terror Management Theory Research - p. 85 11. Chapter 5. Terror Management Motivation Fuels Structure-Seeking - p. 133 12. Chapter 6. We Supernaturals: Terror Management and People’s Ambivalent Relationship With Nature - p. 157 13. Chapter 7. The Curse and the Blessing: The Self as Source of the Terror and the Primary Avenue for Managing It - p. 179 14. Chapter 8. Precious Time: The Role of Time and Temporal Thought in Managing Death Awareness - p. 209 15. Chapter 9. Terror Management Is for the Birds and the Bees: An Existential Perspective on the Threat Associated With Human Corporeality - p. 227 16. Chapter 10. An Attachment Perspective on Managing Death Concerns - p. 243 17. Chapter 11. Terror Management Theory and Religious Belief - p. 259 18. Chapter 12. Secular Cultural Worldviews - p. 287 19. Chapter 13. Terror Management Theory: A Theory of Psychological Well-Being - p. 303 20. Chapter 14. The Terror Management of Meaning and Growth: How Mortality Salience Affects Growth-Oriented Processes and the Meaningfulness of Life - p. 325 21. Chapter 15. Existential Neuroscience: A Review and Brain Model of Coping With Death Awareness - p. 347 22. Chapter 16. Physical Health Under the Shadow of Mortality: The Terror Management Health Model - p. 369 23. Chapter 17. Aging and Coping With Mortality: Understanding Attitudes About Aging and Age-Related Differences in Coping With Death - p. 391 24. Chapter 18. Terror Management Theory and Psychological Disorder: Ineffective Anxiety-Buffer Functioning as a Transdiagnostic Vulnerability Factor for Psychopathology - p. 417 25. Chapter 19. The Cycle of Intergroup Conflict: Terror Management in the Face of Terrorism and War - p. 449 26. Chapter 20. Consumer Culture as Worldview Defense: A Terror Management Perspective - p. 485 27. Chapter 21. Legal Applications of Terror Management Theory - p. 513 28. Chapter 22. Applying Terror Management Theory to Art, Film, and Media: A Theoretical and Empirical Review - p. 535 29. Chapter 23. The Terror Management Underpinnings of Risky Behavior - p. 559 30. Chapter 24. Meaning-Making, Communication, and Terror Management Processes - p. 577 31. Index - p. 613
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.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. iii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. List of Contributors - p. xv 6. Preface - p. xix 7. Chapter 1. A Consideration of Three Critical Hypotheses - p. 1 8. Chapter 2. Proximal and Distal Terror Management Defenses: A Systematic Review and Analysis - p. 31 9. Chapter 3. What’s Death Got to Do With It? Controversies and Alternative Theories - p. 65 10. Chapter 4. The Method Behind the Science: A Guide to Conducting Terror Management Theory Research - p. 85 11. Chapter 5. Terror Management Motivation Fuels Structure-Seeking - p. 133 12. Chapter 6. We Supernaturals: Terror Management and People’s Ambivalent Relationship With Nature - p. 157 13. Chapter 7. The Curse and the Blessing: The Self as Source of the Terror and the Primary Avenue for Managing It - p. 179 14. Chapter 8. Precious Time: The Role of Time and Temporal Thought in Managing Death Awareness - p. 209 15. Chapter 9. Terror Management Is for the Birds and the Bees: An Existential Perspective on the Threat Associated With Human Corporeality - p. 227 16. Chapter 10. An Attachment Perspective on Managing Death Concerns - p. 243 17. Chapter 11. Terror Management Theory and Religious Belief - p. 259 18. Chapter 12. Secular Cultural Worldviews - p. 287 19. Chapter 13. Terror Management Theory: A Theory of Psychological Well-Being - p. 303 20. Chapter 14. The Terror Management of Meaning and Growth: How Mortality Salience Affects Growth-Oriented Processes and the Meaningfulness of Life - p. 325 21. Chapter 15. Existential Neuroscience: A Review and Brain Model of Coping With Death Awareness - p. 347 22. Chapter 16. Physical Health Under the Shadow of Mortality: The Terror Management Health Model - p. 369 23. Chapter 17. Aging and Coping With Mortality: Understanding Attitudes About Aging and Age-Related Differences in Coping With Death - p. 391 24. Chapter 18. Terror Management Theory and Psychological Disorder: Ineffective Anxiety-Buffer Functioning as a Transdiagnostic Vulnerability Factor for Psychopathology - p. 417 25. Chapter 19. The Cycle of Intergroup Conflict: Terror Management in the Face of Terrorism and War - p. 449 26. Chapter 20. Consumer Culture as Worldview Defense: A Terror Management Perspective - p. 485 27. Chapter 21. Legal Applications of Terror Management Theory - p. 513 28. Chapter 22. Applying Terror Management Theory to Art, Film, and Media: A Theoretical and Empirical Review - p. 535 29. Chapter 23. The Terror Management Underpinnings of Risky Behavior - p. 559 30. Chapter 24. Meaning-Making, Communication, and Terror Management Processes - p. 577 31. Index - p. 613
