Physical Health Under the Shadow of Mortality

Bultmann, Michael N.; Arndt, Jamie

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-811844-3.00016-0

Cited by 5 publications

(7 citation statements)

References 72 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Vaccine hesitancy seems to have gained increased interest since the emergence of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus and the COVID-19 pandemic [ 1 ]. It is known that individuals may present with various levels of vaccine hesitancy [ 2 ], which may be explained via different theories, namely, the health belief model (HBM) [ 3 , 4 ] and the terror management health model (TMHM; [ 5 , 6 ]). HBM encompasses several domains, including perceived susceptibility, severity, benefits, and barriers to a health issue, as well as self-efficacy to engage in a particular behavior towards such issues [ 3 ].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…TMHM is based on terror management theory, which postulates that every human may choose to utilize either proximal or distal defenses to deal with existential concerns regarding health issues, which are often parallel to death issues [ 5 , 6 ]. According to the TMHM, as death issues become more conscious, decisions regarding health are mainly decided by proximal defenses in order to reduce the perceived vulnerability to that health threat and, consequently, concerns about possible death.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Association between COVID-19 and Seasonal Influenza Vaccines to Vaccine Hesitancy, Intolerance of Uncertainty and Mental Health

et al. 2023

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Vaccine hesitancy is a universal problem that is becoming more prevalent, ranging from partial acceptance to the complete refusal of various vaccines. The current study seeks to assess the relationship between vaccine hesitancy, intolerance of uncertainty, and mental health factors and those who were vaccinated against COVID-19 and seasonal influenza in comparison to those who did not vaccinate against both or decided to be vaccinated with only one of these vaccines. Employing a cross-sectional design, 1068 Israeli participants were recruited via social media (mainly Facebook) and Whatsapp and completed questionnaires assessing vaccine hesitancy, intolerance of uncertainty, and mental health factors. Our results revealed that previous history of neither COVID-19 nor seasonal influenza vaccination was associated with increased vaccine hesitancy. In addition, individuals who received either one vaccine or both claimed elevated levels of intolerance of uncertainty and reported elevated levels of mental health symptoms. Therefore, an association between vaccine hesitancy and intolerance of uncertainty and mental health symptoms is demonstrated. Future campaigns against vaccine hesitancy may focus on the intolerance of uncertainty in vaccine-hesitant individuals.

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Association between COVID-19 and Seasonal Influenza Vaccines to Vaccine Hesitancy, Intolerance of Uncertainty and Mental Health

et al. 2023

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…However, it seems that existential concerns and death anxiety may also be linked with individual tendencies of engaging in health‐promoting decisions. Accordingly, the Terror Management Health Model (TMHM; see review by Bultmann & Arndt, 2019 ) proposes that certain health scenarios may be experienced as death reminders, which activate terror management defenses. The model, which has been adapted to COVID‐19 (Courtney et al., 2020 ), claims that health decisions are, to a large extent, guided by proximal motivations, which focus on reducing one's perceived vulnerability to a given health threat, thereby reducing the fear of mortality.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Vaccination anxiety when vaccinations are available: The role of existential concerns

et al. 2021

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This study examined how existential fears are related to COVID‐19 vaccination anxiety and followed the Terror Management Theory (TMT) by examining the contribution of two existential concerns, subjective nearness‐to‐death (SNtD) and death anxiety, to COVID‐19 vaccination anxiety during the first month of COVID‐19 vaccinations. Data were collected during January 2021, when Israel was in lockdown, from a convenience sample of 381 Jewish Israelis ( M = 55.39, SD = 17.17). Participants completed questionnaires examining demographics, SNtD, death anxiety and COVID‐19 vaccination anxiety. A hierarchical regression analysis examined the connections between these variables and COVID‐19 vaccination anxiety while controlling for demographics and for receiving COVID‐19 vaccinations. In line with the hypotheses, SNtD and death anxiety were each positively associated with COVID‐19 vaccination anxiety, and death anxiety levels moderated the positive connection between SNtD and COVID‐19 vaccination anxiety, as this association was not significant for individuals with low death anxiety. The findings of this study provide preliminary evidence concerning the role of death anxiety in moderating the effect that SNtD has on COVID‐19 vaccination anxiety. These findings are in line with the TMT and justify further investigation and may be utilized in future research in order to address COVID‐19 vaccination anxiety more effectively.

show abstract

“…In the case of Covid-19, it is evident from the bifurcated response to health mandates involving use of masks that ego-involvement in one's political worldview has marred health promotion efforts. As stated earlier, Bultmann and Arndt (2019) point out that health concerns by their nature engender the threat of death. The subconscious threat has the potential for worldview defense, and an undesirable response to health promotion messages.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 89%

“…Alternately, the TMHM suggests that the accrual of subconscious thoughts of death has the potential to undermine the efficacy of health communications by directing action toward preserving the psychological self at the expense of physical well-being. The TMHM also suggests that health scenarios themselves can act as reminders of mortality which has implications for the adoption of recommended behaviors (Bultmann and Arndt 2019).…”

Section: Terror Management Health Model and Fear Appealsmentioning

confidence: 99%

An empirical comparison of the Extended Parallel Process Model with the Terror Management Health Model

Hunt

Shehryar

2022

Health Promotion International

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The Extended Parallel Process Model posits that fear-appeal messages are processed only when message recipients perceive a critical level of threat. The more recent Terror Management Health Model suggests that, in addition to level of perceived threat, the nature of the threat also influences how target audiences process fear appeals. Specifically, fear appeals that utilize the threat of death as a consequence trigger both conscious and nonconscious responses that influence message recipients’ health-related decisions. Accounting for the influence of consciousness of death helps explain maladaptive responses that extant theory has been unable to explain. Results from an experiment indicate that, when the level of perceived fear was the same across participants, the Extended Parallel Process Model successfully predicted persuasive outcomes for fear appeals that utilized the threat of arrest or serious injury as a consequence of noncompliance. However, for fear appeals that utilized the threat of death as a consequence of noncompliance, as predicted by the Terror Management Health Model, ego involvement in the health-related behavior predicted persuasive outcomes more accurately than the dual fear control and danger control processes. These findings suggest that incorporating consciousness of death and ego involvement can avoid conceptual problems with the level-of-fear construct, provide a meaningful way to predict fear-appeal responses across target audiences, and explain maladaptive responses that have eluded the explanations of extant fear-appeal theories.

show abstract

Physical Health Under the Shadow of Mortality

Cited by 5 publications

References 72 publications

Association between COVID-19 and Seasonal Influenza Vaccines to Vaccine Hesitancy, Intolerance of Uncertainty and Mental Health

Association between COVID-19 and Seasonal Influenza Vaccines to Vaccine Hesitancy, Intolerance of Uncertainty and Mental Health

Vaccination anxiety when vaccinations are available: The role of existential concerns

An empirical comparison of the Extended Parallel Process Model with the Terror Management Health Model

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About