Meaning in Science As a Response to Existential Threat

Poster Session V

Keyword: Religion

Abstract: We examined whether deriving meaning through science–spirituality of science–protects from existential anxiety, induced by thoughts about one's death, in secular individuals. In a high-powered experiment (N = 697), we found moderate evidence against the hypothesis that spirituality of science quashes existential threats, suggesting that science does not fulfil existential needs.

• Natalia Zarzeczna (Presenting Author)
• Jesse Preston (Author)