@article{ref1,
title="Why do humans pursue higher social class? Death anxiety matters",
journal="Death studies",
year="2022",
author="Cai, Wei and Cai, Huajian and Li, Hong",
volume="46",
number="2",
pages="434-441",
abstract="This research examined whether death anxiety motivated individuals to pursue a higher social class. Two studies were conducted to provide supporting evidence. Study 1 (<i>n</i> = 1847) showed that higher chronic death anxiety was associated with stronger motivation to pursue a higher social class. Study 2 (<i>n</i> = 135) showed that situationally induced death anxiety augmented the pursuit of a higher social class and was associated with choosing lower criteria for joining a higher social class. Together, the two studies provided both experimental and correlational evidence for the motivational significance of death anxiety in pursuing a higher social class.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0748-1187",
doi="10.1080/07481187.2020.1740828",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2020.1740828"
}