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| The Influence of Mortality Salience and Poweron Helping Behavior from The Perspective of Terror Management Theory |
| DUAN Jin-yun1; WANG Guo-xuan 1; TIAN Xiao-ming2 |
| 1.Department of Psychology, Soochow University,Suzhou, 215123, China; 2.Department of Psychology,Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, 215009, China |
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Abstract Three experiments were designed to test our hypotheses.In study1,we demonstrated whether people were more likely to help others when reminded of mortality.In study2,we required participants to recall a working situation in their life to arouse their perceived power,intending to find whether there is a negative relationship between power and helping behavior.In study3,we used Chinese idioms to finish power manipulation,exploring whether there was an interaction between power and mortality salience. Results showed that, there was a positive relationship between mortality salience and helping behavior. But power had no significant relationship with helping behavior. There was an interaction between power and mortality salience toward helping behavior.When having high perceived power,people who reminded of mortality showed an unsignificant difference on helping compared with the controlled group.But when having low perceived power, group of mortality salience were likely to provide more time to help others in need.
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Published: 28 February 2018
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DUAN Jin-yun,WANG Guo-xuan,TIAN Xiao-ming. The Influence of Mortality Salience and Poweron Helping Behavior from The Perspective of Terror Management Theory[J]. 应用心理学, 2018, 24(2): 153-163.
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http://www.appliedpsy.cn/EN/Y2018/V24/I2/153 |
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