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Mortality Salience Effects on the Life Expectancy Estimates of Older Adults as a Function of Neuroticism
Joint Authors
Pyszczynski, Tom
Maxfield, Molly
Solomon, Sheldon
Greenberg, Jeff
Source
Issue
Vol. 2010, Issue 2010 (31 Dec. 2010), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2010-11-29
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Pharmacy, Health & Medical Sciences
Abstract EN
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 effects of mortality reminders on older adults.
The present study examined the effect of reminders of death on older adults' subjective life expectancy.
Mortality reminders did not significantly impact the life expectancy estimates of old-old adults.
Reminders of death did however lead to shorter life expectancy estimates among young-old participants low in neuroticism but longer life expectancy estimates among young-old participants high in neuroticism, suggesting that this group was most defensive in response to reminders of death.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Maxfield, Molly& Solomon, Sheldon& Pyszczynski, Tom& Greenberg, Jeff. 2010. Mortality Salience Effects on the Life Expectancy Estimates of Older Adults as a Function of Neuroticism. Journal of Aging Research،Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-458238
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Maxfield, Molly…[et al.]. Mortality Salience Effects on the Life Expectancy Estimates of Older Adults as a Function of Neuroticism. Journal of Aging Research No. 2010 (2010), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-458238
American Medical Association (AMA)
Maxfield, Molly& Solomon, Sheldon& Pyszczynski, Tom& Greenberg, Jeff. Mortality Salience Effects on the Life Expectancy Estimates of Older Adults as a Function of Neuroticism. Journal of Aging Research. 2010. Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-458238
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-458238