TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Managing Death in the Burning Grounds of Varanasi, India: A Terror Management Investigation
JO  - Journal of cross-cultural psychology
A1  - Fernandez, S.
A1  - Castano, E.
A1  - Singh, I.
SP  - 182
EP  - 194
VL  - 41
IS  - 2
N2  - Is it possible to reach a subconscious acceptance of death? Building on Terror Management Theory, the authors investigated in-group identification and cultural worldview among two groups of Hindus with naturally occurring high (N = 120) versus low (N = 120) death exposure. In each group, half were reminded about death and the other half of a control topic. Results indicated that making mortality salient increased identification with India and cultural worldview defense in the low-exposure but not in the high-exposure sample, the latter showing consistently higher levels on these variables across experimental conditions. Chronic death exposure may lead to chronic cultural worldview defense rather than a deeper acceptance of the inevitability of death.<p />
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SN  - 0022-0221
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022022109354376
ID  - ref1
ER  -