Zachary K. Rothschild

A Terror Management Analysis of the Psychological Functions of Religion

Kenneth E. Vail, Zachary K. Rothschild, Dave Weise et al. · Personality and Social Psychology Review · 2009 · 454 citations

Existentialism, Literal Immortality, Religion Studies +8

An existential function of enemyship: Evidence that people attribute influence to personal and political enemies to compensate for threats to control.

Daniel Sullivan, Mark J. Landau, Zachary K. Rothschild · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2010 · 342 citations

Existential Function, Psychosocial Determinant, Social Psychology +20

A dual-motive model of scapegoating: Displacing blame to reduce guilt or increase control.

Zachary K. Rothschild, Mark J. Landau, Daniel Sullivan et al. · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2012 · 249 citations

Forensic Psychology, Moral Value, Behavioral Decision Making +18

Competitive victimhood as a response to accusations of ingroup harm doing.

Daniel Sullivan, Mark J. Landau, Nyla R. Branscombe et al. · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2012 · 187 citations

Social Stigma, Social Identity, Moral Identity +13

Attachment to objects as compensation for close others' perceived unreliability

Lucas A. Keefer, Mark J. Landau, Zachary K. Rothschild et al. · Journal of Experimental Social Psychology · 2012 · 170 citations

Cognitive Science, Interpersonal Attraction, Prosocial Behavior +13