TY - JOUR PY - 2013// TI - Researcher effects on mortality salience research: A meta-analytic moderator analysis JO - Death studies A1 - Yen, Chih-Long A1 - Cheng, Chung-Ping SP - 636 EP - 652 VL - 37 IS - 7 N2 - A recent meta-analysis of 164 terror management theory (TMT) papers indicated that mortality salience (MS) yields substantial effects (r = .35) on worldview and self-esteem-related dependent variables (B. L. Burke, A. Martens, & E. H. Faucher, 2010 ). This study reanalyzed the data to explore the researcher effects of TMT. By cluster-analyzing the authorships of each study, two major TMT research teams were identified, namely, an American team (Team A) and an Israeli team (Team I). The majority of MS experiments were conducted by or related to a small number of researchers (Team A, 50.2%). The average effect size of Team A (r = .41) was significantly greater than that of other researchers (r = .30). Further analysis revealed that cultural differences found in TMT research may be due to the teams themselves, rather than to sample regions. The reasons behind these findings are proposed.
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LA - en SN - 0748-1187 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2012.682290 ID - ref1 ER -