| Presentation | 2017-10-27 Will people stop being kind at the end of the world? Hui Fa, Naoki Kugihara, |
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| Abstract(in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Abstract(in English) | According to Terror Management Theory, self-esteem and culture worldview serve as buffers against the anxiety of death. Previous research suggests that reminders of death can increase one’s behaviors (for example: prosocial behaviors) which meet the standards of our cultural world-views. The purpose of this study was to prove the existence of culture worldview directly by using a human extinction scenario (‘End-of-the-world’ mortality salience condition). Also, this research examined whether the interaction between mortality salience and self-transcendent values will make an impact on prosocial decision-making. Results of the survey showed only a main effect of self-transcendent values, suggesting that participants scoring high in self-transcendent values showed more support for the charity. However, there were the possibilities that 1. the mortality salience manipulation was not successful; 2.the task of prosocial decision-making was lack the sense of reality. |
| Keyword(in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Keyword(in English) | mortality salience / prosocial behavior / Terror Management Theory |
| Paper # | HCS2017-62 |
| Date of Issue | 2017-10-20 (HCS) |
| Conference Information | |
| Committee | HCS |
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| Conference Date | 2017/10/27(1days) |
| Place (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Place (in English) | Higashi Hiroshima Arts & Culture Hall Kurara |
| Topics (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Topics (in English) | Society and communication, etc. |
| Chair | Yukiko Nakano(Seikei Univ.) |
| Vice Chair | Nobuyuki Watanabe(Kanazawa Inst. of Tech.) / Tomoo Inoue(Univ. of Tsukuba) |
| Secretary | Nobuyuki Watanabe(Ritsumeikan Univ.) / Tomoo Inoue(Osaka Electro-Comm. Univ.) |
| Assistant | Kazuki Takashima(Tohoku Univ.) / Ken Fujiwara(Osaka Univ. of Economic) / Kazunori Terada(Gifu Univ.) / Atsushi Kimura(Nihon Univ.) |
| Paper Information | |
| Registration To | Technical Committee on Human Communication Science |
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| Language | JPN |
| Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Sub Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Title (in English) | Will people stop being kind at the end of the world? |
| Sub Title (in English) | Observing prosocial decision-making from the perspective of Terror Management Theory |
| Keyword(1) | mortality salience |
| Keyword(2) | prosocial behavior |
| Keyword(3) | Terror Management Theory |
| 1st Author's Name | Hui Fa |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | Osaka University(Osaka Univ.) |
| 2nd Author's Name | Naoki Kugihara |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | Osaka University(Osaka Univ.) |
| Date | 2017-10-27 |
| Paper # | HCS2017-62 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.117 |
| Number (no) | HCS-270 |
| Page | pp.pp.15-19(HCS), |
| #Pages | 5 |
| Date of Issue | 2017-10-20 (HCS) |