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Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion

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This cluster of papers explores the psychological effects of social exclusion, including ostracism, mortality salience, and the impact on self-esteem. It delves into neural responses to social pain, emotional reactions to rejection, and the role of terror management theory in understanding human behavior. The research also investigates the influence of social exclusion on cognitive processes, interpersonal relationships, and prosocial behavior.

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terror management theory; mortality salience; ostracism; Cyberball; social pain; worldview defense; interpersonal rejection; death-thought accessibility; Cyberball paradigm; Death Anxiety Scale; symbolic immortality; need threat; death reminders; Cyberball game; Ernest Becker; death-related thoughts; existential isolation; terror management; death concerns; Cyberball task; death thoughts; mortality anxiety; death depression; Templer Death Anxiety Scale; death obsession

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Morton address: 38355366989300828 · morton4x16-v1

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