TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2003//
TI  - Reckless driving and gender: an examination of a terror management theory explanation
JO  - Death studies
A1  - Taubman-Ben-Ari, O.
A1  - Findler, L.
SP  - 603
EP  - 618
VL  - 27
IS  - 7
N2  - A study, based on Terror Management Theory, examined the effects of mortality salience on young mend and women behavioral intentions to drive recklessly. Participants (N = 206) reported on the relevance of driving to their self-esteem. Half of them were exposed to a mortality salience induction and the remaining to a control condition. Then they were asked about their willingness to drive recklessly in various scenarios. <br><br>FINDINGS showed that mortality salience led to higher intentions to drive recklessly than the control condition only among men who perceived driving as relevant to their self-esteem. No such differences were found among women. <br><br>RESULTS are discussed in light of the self-enhancing and cultural-worldviews-validating mechanisms proposed by the Terror Management Theory.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0748-1187
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07481180390220799
ID  - ref1
ER  -