@article{ref1,
title="Terror management in a multicultural society: effects of mortality salience on attitudes to multiculturalism are moderated by national identification and self-esteem among native Dutch people",
journal="Frontiers in psychology",
year="2018",
author="Tjew-A-Sin, Mandy and Koole, Sander Leon",
volume="9",
number="",
pages="e721-e721",
abstract="Terror Management Theory (TMT; Greenberg et al., 1997) proposes that mortality concerns may lead people to reject other cultures than their own. Although highly relevant to multiculturalism, TMT has been rarely tested in a European multicultural society. To fill this void, two studies examined the effects of mortality salience (MS) among native Dutch people with varying levels of national identification and self-esteem. Consistent with TMT, MS led to less favorable attitudes about Muslims and multiculturalism among participants with high (rather than low) national identification and low (rather than high) self-esteem (Study 1). Likewise, MS led participants with high national identification and low self-esteem to increase their support of Sinterklaas, a traditional Dutch festivity with purported racist elements (Study 2). Together, these findings indicate that existential concerns may fuel resistance against multiculturalism, especially among people with low self-esteem who strongly identify with their nationality.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1664-1078",
doi="10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00721",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00721"
}