Abstract:

Mortality salience effects refer to the universal phenomenon that people would defend their worldview or strive for self-esteem after mortality salience. Mortality salience effects are instigated by the potential for death-related anxiety which is indicated by death-thought accessibility. The individual differences in age, religious beliefs, personal need for structure, self-control, attachment styles, and different situation priming affect mortality salience effects. In the future, researchers should analyse why some stimuli unrelated to death can cause mortality salience effects, make further efforts to explain and validate the potential for death-related anxiety, and clarify the influence of self-esteem on mortality salience effects.

Key words: mortality salience effects, death-thought accessibility, terror management theory

摘要：

死亡提醒效应是指个体在死亡提醒后会产生世界观防御或自尊寻求的一种普遍现象。其心理机制是以死亡想法通达性为指标的潜在死亡焦虑，影响因素则包括年龄、宗教信仰、结构需求、自我控制、依恋类型等个体差异和不同的情境启动。未来研究应解释与死亡无直接关联的刺激可引发类似效应的原因，进一步阐释与证实潜在的死亡焦虑，并明确自尊对死亡提醒效应的影响。

关键词: 死亡提醒效应, 死亡想法通达性, 恐惧管理理论