Making and Unmaking Prejudice: Religious Affiliation Mitigates the Impact of Mortality Salience on Out-Group Attitudes

Research inspired by terror management theory has established that being reminded of the inevitability of death (i.e., “mortality salience”) leads people to express more negative attitudes toward out-groups. We examined the hypothesis that being affiliated with a religion may buffer individuals agai...

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Authors: Reiman, Anna (Author) ; Hewstone, Miles 1956- (Author) ; Voci, Alberto (Author) ; Schmid, Katharina (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2015]
In: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 54, Issue: 4, Pages: 774-791
Further subjects:B Religious Affiliation
B Religious Orientation
B out-group attitudes
B mortality salience
B Prejudice
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