Mortality Salience Effects on the Life Expectancy Estimates of Older Adults as a Function of Neuroticism

Research has shown that reminders of mortality lead people to engage in defenses to minimize the anxiety such thoughts could arouse. In accord with this notion, younger adults reminded of mortality engage in behaviors aimed at denying vulnerability to death. However, little is known about the effect...

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Main Authors: Molly Maxfield, Sheldon Solomon, Tom Pyszczynski, Jeff Greenberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2010-01-01
Series:Journal of Aging Research
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2010/260123
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