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Denial of Death? Death-Related Words are Suppressed in a Think/No-Think Paradigm

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dc.contributor.authorRihs, Michael
dc.contributor.authorMast, Fred
dc.contributor.authorMeier, Beat
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-15T09:36:33Z
dc.date.available2024-10-15T09:36:33Z
dc.date.issued2022-09-01
dc.description.abstractAccording to terror management theory, humans automatically suppress the thought of death when reminded of their mortality (mortality salience; MS), leading to a hyper- accessibility of death-related thoughts under MS. Here, we tested the claim of automatic death-thought-suppression using a think/no-think paradigm. Participants were reminded of death or a painful tooth treatment (control) before learning word associations between cue words and neutral, negative, or death-related target words. First analyses indicate that in the study phase, participants under MS performed worse in acquiring the target words. In the test phase, these general performance differences disappeared. However, death-related words were generally remembered worse than negative words, but better with multiple attempts of suppression under MS. This effect stands in line with the assumption of suppressed thoughts becoming hyper-accessible. Participants in the control group did remember less death-related words than participants under MS. This effect hints at an automatic thought suppression of death-thoughts.
dc.description.sponsorshipInstitut für Psychologie - Kognitive Psychologie (Prof. Mast)
dc.description.sponsorshipInstitut für Psychologie - Kognitive Psychologie (Prof. Meier)
dc.identifier.doi10.48350/177846
dc.identifier.urihttps://boris-portal.unibe.ch/handle/20.500.12422/120883
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.conference22nd conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology
dc.relation.organizationDCD5A442BD4DE17DE0405C82790C4DE2
dc.relation.organizationDCD5A442BF8EE17DE0405C82790C4DE2
dc.subjectTerror Management Theory
dc.subjectMortality Salience
dc.subjectThink/No-Think Paradigm
dc.subjectThought Suppression
dc.subject.ddc100 - Philosophy::150 - Psychology
dc.titleDenial of Death? Death-Related Words are Suppressed in a Think/No-Think Paradigm
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oaire.citation.conferenceDate29. August 2022 - 1. September 2022
oaire.citation.conferencePlaceLille
oairecerif.author.affiliationInstitut für Psychologie - Kognitive Psychologie (Prof. Mast)
oairecerif.author.affiliationInstitut für Psychologie - Kognitive Psychologie (Prof. Mast)
oairecerif.author.affiliationInstitut für Psychologie - Kognitive Psychologie (Prof. Meier)
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unibe.date.licenseChanged2023-01-24 11:28:35
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