TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - A distant ally? Mortality salience and parasocial attachment
JO  - OMEGA - Journal of death and dying
A1  - Keefer, Lucas A.
A1  - Brown, Faith L.
A1  - Rothschild, Zachary K.
A1  - Allen, Kaitlyn
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Research in Terror Management Theory finds that close interpersonal relationships (e.g., parents, romantic partners) mitigate threat reactions to reminders of mortality. Parasocial relationships (imagined relationships with media personalities) afford many of the same benefits as interpersonal relationships. Do these benefits extend to mortality concerns? We investigated whether those with strong parasocial attachments were differentially influenced by reminders of death. <br><br>RESULTS showed that those with strong parasocial relationships had more defensive reactions to a mortality prime, suggesting that such attachments may not afford the same existential benefits given by close human others and may instead indicate a heightened vulnerability.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0030-2228
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00302228221085173
ID  - ref1
ER  -