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31st APS Annual Convention · 2019

Conservatism Beyond Political Affiliation: How Social and Economical Conservative Beliefs Shift in the Face of One's Own Death.

Washington, DC · May 2019

Poster · Social

  • Arthur Dalton
    La Salle University, Psy.D. Program
  • Elena Nelson
    La Salle University, Psy.D. Program
  • Jonah Lustig
    La Salle University, Psy.D. Program
  • LeeAnn Cardaciotto
    La Salle University

Abstract

Results of this study indicated a main effect of Mortality Salience (MS; awareness of inevitability of death) on Conservatism was found, such that participants who wrote about death scored significantly higher on the Social Economic Conservatism Scale (SECS) compared to participants who wrote about watching television.

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