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

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dc.contributor.authorMark J. Landau
dc.contributor.authorSheldon Solomon
dc.contributor.authorJeff Greenberg
dc.contributor.authorFlorette Cohen
dc.contributor.authorTom Pyszczynski
dc.contributor.authorJamie Arndt
dc.contributor.authorClaude H. Miller
dc.contributor.authorDaniel M. Ogilvie
dc.contributor.authorAlison Cook
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-14T19:52:54Z
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-30T15:36:01Z
dc.date.available2016-01-14T19:52:54Z
dc.date.available2016-03-30T15:36:01Z
dc.date.issued2004-09-01
dc.description.abstractAccording to terror management theory, heightened concerns about mortality should intensify the appeal of charismatic leaders. To assess this idea, we investigated how thoughts about death and the 9/11 terrorist attacks influence Americans’ attitudes toward current U.S. President George W. Bush. Study 1 found that reminding people of their own mortality (mortality salience) increased support for Bush and his counterterrorism policies. Study 2 demonstrated that subliminal exposure to 9/11-related stimuli brought death-related thoughts closer to consciousness. Study 3 showed that reminders of both mortality and 9/11 increased support for Bush. In Study 4, mortality salience led participants to become more favorable toward Bush and voting for him in the upcoming election but less favorable toward Presidential candidate John Kerry and voting for him. Discussion focused on the role of terror management processes in allegiance to charismatic leaders and political decision making.en_US
dc.description.peerreviewYesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewnoteshttps://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/manuscript-submission-guidelinesen_US
dc.identifier.citationLandau, M. J., Solomon, S., Greenberg, J., Cohen, F., Pyszczynski, T., Arndt, J., . . . Cook, A. (2004). Deliver us from Evil: The Effects of Mortality Salience and Reminders of 9/11 on Support for President George W. Bush. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30(9), 1136-1150. doi: 10.1177/0146167204267988en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0146167204267988en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11244/24960
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherPersonality and Social Psychology Bulletin
dc.rights.requestablefalseen_US
dc.subjectterror management theoryen_US
dc.subjectterrorismen_US
dc.subject9/11en_US
dc.subjectGeorge W. Bushen_US
dc.subjectelection politicsen_US
dc.subjectcharismatic leadersen_US
dc.titleDeliver us from Evil: The Effects of Mortality Salience and Reminders of 9/11 on Support for President George W. Bushen_US
dc.typeResearch Articleen_US

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