Summit
2024 APS Global Psychological Science Summit · 2024
Responses to Abortion Restrictions As a Function of Existential Anxiety, Worldview Defense, and History of Reproductive Coercion
- Selina Hardt
The University of Montana - Grace Bintz
University of Montana - Rachel Williamson
University of Montana - Emily Courtney
University of South Florida - Jamie Goldenberg
University of South Florida
Abstract
We assessed the role of existential anxiety and worldview defense on responses to abortion reminders. There were 626 participants from two universities in different geographic regions of the US. Those who were reminded of their mortality and identified as pro-life assigned significantly higher monetary punishment than all other groups.
Implicit Bias