Religious Afterlife Beliefs Decrease Behavioral Avoidance of Symbols of Mortality.
Pers Soc Psychol Bull
; 49(7): 1113-1129, 2023 07.
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| ID: mdl-35611400
ABSTRACT
An astonishing cultural phenomenon is where, far away from or close to a city center, people in different societies localize cemeteries that function as both sites of memory of lost ones and symbols of mortality. Yet a psychological account of such differences in behavioral responses to symbols of mortality is lacking. Across five studies (N = 1,590), we tested a psychological model that religious afterlife beliefs decrease behavioral avoidance of symbols of mortality (BASM) by developing and validating a word-position task for quantifying BASM. We showed evidence that religious believers, including Christians, Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists, exhibited decreased BASM relative to nonbelievers. We also provide evidence for a causal relationship between religious afterlife beliefs and reduced BASM. Our findings provide new insight into the functional role of religious afterlife beliefs in modulating human avoidance behavior in response to symbols of mortality.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Religión y Psicología
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Budismo
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Simbolismo
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Actitud Frente a la Muerte
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Cristianismo
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Hinduismo
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Islamismo
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
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Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Pers Soc Psychol Bull
Año:
2023
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
China