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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.advisor | Stroink, Mirella | |
dc.contributor.author | Sole, Jeffrey W. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-06-08T13:21:08Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-06-08T13:21:08Z | |
dc.date.created | 2007 | |
dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://knowledgecommons.lakeheadu.ca/handle/2453/3763 | |
dc.description.abstract | Terror management theory provides a framework for investigating social responses likely to occur in the event of an influenza pandemic. The study predicted that where the threat of death from a pandemic was made salient in a relevant context involving a social outgroup, people would be more likely to behave aggressively toward those they perceived as threatening to their physical and symbolic existence. Concurrently, it was predicted that moderating personality traits--specifically Personal Need for Structure (PNS), self-esteem, and support for vaccination--would exaggerate or mitigate the likelihood of such aggression. The study involved 180 students randomly assigned to one of 3 mortality salience prime conditions and one of two worldview defence scenarios, who completed measures of self-esteem, Personal Need for Structure, and worldview defence. Results indicated that high PNS individuals were affected by both mortality salience primes equally and significantly greater than the control. This suggests a basic mortality salience effect in high PNS individuals, with the threat of a pandemic at least as provocative as standard mortality salience. | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.subject | Influenza - Psychological aspects | |
dc.subject | Terror management theory | |
dc.subject | Epidemics - Psychological aspects | |
dc.title | Terror management and pandemic influenza : social perception and response / by Jeffrey W. Sole. | |
dc.type | Thesis | |
etd.degree.name | M.P.H. | |
etd.degree.level | Master | |
etd.degree.discipline | Public Health | |
etd.degree.grantor | Lakehead University | |
Appears in Collections: | Retrospective theses |
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