Yes, Jesus loves me! Mortality salience increases positivity in implicit and explicit images of Christ
The present research, utilising a terror management theory perspective, examined the effects of death awareness on Christians’ explicit and implicit image of Jesus. Following exposure to mortality salience, participants were asked to complete a reverse correlation task (Study 1) or a forensic sketch...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2023
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Mental health, religion & culture
Year: 2023, Volume: 26, Issue: 8, Pages: 755-770 |
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implicit images
B forensic sketch B terror management theory |
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| Summary: | The present research, utilising a terror management theory perspective, examined the effects of death awareness on Christians’ explicit and implicit image of Jesus. Following exposure to mortality salience, participants were asked to complete a reverse correlation task (Study 1) or a forensic sketch task (Study 2) in an attempt to create an image of Christ. All composites were coded on multiple emotional dimensions (i.e., disgust, contempt, neutrality, happiness, fear, sadness, anger, & surprise). Across studies, the results revealed that participants primed with death created more overtly positive images of Jesus (i.e., less implicit anger, contempt, disgust; more happiness; greater explicit contempt). These findings suggest that a benevolent Christ serves as part of Christians’ religious worldviews. A positive Jesus may thus function by protecting individuals against existential anxieties associated with the awareness of death. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-9737 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Mental health, religion & culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2023.2268546 |