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Mortality Awareness

Mortality Awareness is a psychological construct denoting the conscious recognition of human finitude and the inevitability of death, distinguishing it from related existential concepts by emphasizing cognitive and affective engagement with one’s own temporal limits.

196

Publications

10.3K

Citations

459

Authors

255

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

60

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Publications

196

Role of consciousness and accessibility of death-related thoughts in mortality salience effects.

Jeff Greenberg, Tom Pyszczynski, Sheldon Solomon et al. · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1994 · 877 citations

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Deliver us from Evil: The Effects of Mortality Salience and Reminders of 9/11 on Support for President George W. Bush

Mark J. Landau, Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg et al. · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin · 2004 · 662 citations · Full text

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Evidence of a Terror Management Function of Cultural Icons: The Effects of Mortality Salience on the Inappropriate Use of Cherished Cultural Symbols

Jeff Greenberg, Jonathan Porteus, Linda Simon et al. · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin · 1995 · 321 citations

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I am not an animal: Mortality salience, disgust, and the denial of human creatureliness.

Jamie L. Goldenberg, Tom Pyszczynski, Jeff Greenberg et al. · Journal of Experimental Psychology General · 2001 · 297 citations

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Proximal and Distal Defenses in Response to Reminders of One’s Mortality: Evidence of a Temporal Sequence

Jeff Greenberg, Jamie Arndt, Linda Simon et al. · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin · 2000 · 274 citations

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Authors

459

  1. JG
    Jeff Greenberg

    University of Arizona, United States

    22 publications · 3.8K citations

    19

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  2. TP
    Tom Pyszczynski

    University of Colorado Colorado Springs, United States

    22 publications · 3.6K citations

    19

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  3. SS
    Sheldon Solomon

    Skidmore College, United States

    17 publications · 3.4K citations

    16

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  4. JA
    Jamie Arndt

    University of Missouri, United States

    18 publications · 2.4K citations

    16

    h-index

  5. MM
    Molly Maxfield

    University of Colorado Colorado Springs, United States

    6 publications · 337 citations

    6

    h-index

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Institutions

255

  1. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    17 h-index

    32 publications

    7.3K citations

  2. University of Colorado Colorado Springs

    Colorado Springs, United States

    17 h-index

    31 publications

    4.8K citations

  3. Skidmore College

    Saratoga Springs, United States

    13 h-index

    13 publications

    2.8K citations

  4. University of Missouri

    Columbia, United States

    13 h-index

    20 publications

    2.5K citations

  5. Texas Christian University

    Fort Worth, United States

    5 h-index

    15 publications

    465 citations

  6. North Dakota State University

    Fargo, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    305 citations

  7. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    491 citations

  8. Texas A&M University

    College Station, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    458 citations

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Venues

  1. Death Studies

    11 publications · 346 citations

    12

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  2. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying

    12 publications · 354 citations

    11

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  3. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    8 publications · 1.4K citations

    8

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  4. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

    PSPB · 7 publications · 1.8K citations

    7

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  5. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

    6 publications · 455 citations

    6

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