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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pers Soc Psychol. 2011 Sep;101(3):451–466. doi: 10.1037/a0024033

Table 4.

Types of Evaluations Influenced by Mortality-Salience

Mortality-salience increases Studies
Worldview defense Greenberg et al., 1990
Religious conviction Jonas & Fischer, 2006
Stereotyping Schimel et al., 1999
Dislike of nonrepresentational art Landau et al., 2006
Dislike of public breastfeeding Cox et al., 2007
National identification Castano et al., 2004
Conformity to social norms Gailliot et al., 2008
Dislike of inconsistent behavior Landau et al., 2004
Dislike of sensation (for neurotics) Goldenberg et al., 2006
Desire for luxury goods Kasser & Sheldon, 2000
Desire to have children Wisman & Goldenberg, 2005
Belief in a just world Landau et al., 2004
Sun tanning to appear attractive Routledge et al., 2004
Seeing humans as unlike animals Goldenberg et al., 2001

Note. This list is intended to be representative but not exhaustive.