Author(s): Golec de Zavala, Agnieszka ; Cichocka, Aleksandra ; Orehek, Edward ; Abdollahi, Abdolhossein
Date: 2012
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/7116
Origin: Repositório ISCTE
Subject(s): Terror-management theory; Death-related thoughts; Cultural worldviews; Prejudice; Orientation; Religiousness; Attitudes; Defense; Fundamentalism; Spirituality
Results of three studies indicate that intrinsic religiosity and mortality salience interact to predict intergroup hostility. Study 1, conducted among 200 American Christians and Jews, reveals that under mortality salience, intrinsic (but not extrinsic or quest) religiosity is related to decreased support for aggressive counterterrorism. Study 2, conducted among 148 Muslims in Iran, demonstrates that intrinsic religiosity predicts decreased out-group derogation under mortality salience. Study 3, conducted among 131 Polish Christians, shows that under mortality salience, priming of intrinsic religious concepts decreases support for aggressive counterterrorism.
