News tagged with death anxiety

Death anxiety prompts people to believe in intelligent design, reject evolution: research

Researchers at the University of British Columbia and Union College (Schenectady, N.Y.) have found that people's death anxiety can influence them to support theories of intelligent design and reject evolutionary theory.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 30, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (18) | comments 204

Security blankets: Materialism and death anxiety lead to brand loyalty

Materialistic people tend to form strong connections to particular product brands when their level of anxiety about death is high, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 26, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 2

A grudge match between humanity and death -- who wins?

Death can be terrifying. Recognizing that death is inescapable and unpredictable makes us incredibly vulnerable, and can invoke feelings of anxiety, hatred and fear. But new research by George Mason University psychology ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Researchers document human toll of violence in Central African Republic

Using a combination of scientific methodology and old-fashioned legwork, human rights researchers based at the University of California, Berkeley, have systematically canvassed nearly 2,000 households in the ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 03, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0