TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - 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
JO  - Frontiers in psychology
A1  - Tjew-A-Sin, Mandy
A1  - Koole, Sander Leon
SP  - e721
EP  - e721
VL  - 9
IS  - 
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1664-1078
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00721
ID  - ref1
ER  -