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Natural, But Not Supernatural, Literal Immortality Affirmation Attenuates Mortality Salience Effects on Worldview Defense in Atheists by Vail, Kenneth E., Soenke, Melissa, Waggoner, Brett, Mavropoulou, Ilianna

“…The present research explored whether atheists managing death awareness would be effectively buffered by affirmations of supernatural and/or natural literal…”
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Investigating the Role of Normative Support in Atheists’ Perceptions of Meaning Following Reminders of Death by Soenke, Melissa, Vail, Kenneth E., Greenberg, Jeff

“…According to terror management theory, humans rely on meaningful and permanence-promising cultural worldviews, like religion, to manage mortality concerns…”
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Increases in Generative Concern among Older Adults following Reminders of Mortality by Maxfield, Molly, Greenberg, Jeff, Pyszczynski, Tom, Weise, David R., Kosloff, Spee, Soenke, Melissa, Abeyta, Andrew A., Blatter, Jamin

“…According to terror management theory, people are motivated to protect themselves from the potential for anxiety resulting from awareness of mortality. It was…”
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Development and Initial Validation of the Cultural Match Scale for Higher Education Settings by Lee, HyeSun, Soenke, Melissa

“…Cultural mismatch theory of inequality and associated research indicates that a mismatch between independent cultural norms of institutions of higher education…”
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It’s the End of the World and I Feel Fine: Soul Belief and Perceptions of End-of-the-World Scenarios by Lifshin, Uri, Greenberg, Jeff, Weise, David, Soenke, Melissa

“…Five studies tested the effects that soul beliefs have on reactions to end-of-the-world scenarios. In Studies 1 and 2, participants who firmly believe in an…”
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Afterlife Beliefs, Life Extension and Gender: Evidence for Life Extension Technologies Reduces Death Thought Accessibility Among Males by Lifshin, Uri, Greenberg, Jeff, Soenke, Melissa, Helm, Peter J., Pyszczynski, Tom

“…Purpose: This study investigates whether reading about Indefinite Life Extension (ILE) can reduce death thought accessibility, particularly among men, as a way…”
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Broadening the definition of resilience and "reappraising" the use of appetitive motivation by Soenke, Melissa, O'Connor, Mary-Frances, Greenberg, Jeff

“…Kalisch et al.'s PASTOR model synthesizes current knowledge of resilience, focusing on mechanisms as a common pathway to outcomes and highlighting neuroscience…”
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Evidence for a role of death thought in American attitudes toward symbols of Islam by Cohen, Florette, Soenke, Melissa, Solomon, Sheldon, Greenberg, Jeff

“…Four studies were conducted to examine how concerns about mortality contribute to Americans' negative attitudes and behavior toward symbols of Islam. Study 1…”
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Women Want the Heavens, Men Want the Earth: Gender Differences in Support for Life Extension Technologies by Lifshin, Uri, Helm, Peter J, Greenberg, Jeff, Soenke, Melissa, Pyszczynski, Tom

“…Efforts are being made in the field of medicine to promote the possibility of indefinite life extension (ILE). Past research on attitudes toward ILE…”
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Managing the death of close others: Evidence of higher valuing of ingroup identity in young adults who have experienced the death of a close other by Lifshin, Uri, Helm, Peter J., Greenberg, Jeff, Soenke, Melissa, Ashish, Dev, Sullivan, Daniel

“…The death of a close other (DOCO) is perhaps the most difficult experience that people endure. According to terror management theory (TMT), people manage the…”
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Exploring the Relationship Between Childhood Abuse and Analogue Generalized Anxiety Disorder: The Mediating Role of Emotion Dysregulation by Soenke, Melissa, Hahn, Kathryn S., Tull, Matthew T., Gratz, Kim L.

“…Despite emerging evidence for the central role of emotion dysregulation in generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), little is known about the factors that may…”
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Remembering the Initial Realization of One's Own Mortality by Soenke, Melissa, Greenberg, Jeff, Focella, Elizabeth S.

“…Research shows many effects of reminding people of their mortality; however, little is known about whether people recall the moment they first realized they…”
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The role of positive emotion eliciting activities at promoting physiological recovery from sadness by Soenke, Melissa

“…The current study investigated whether positive emotion eliciting activities facilitate the physiological, as well as subjective emotional, recovery from…”
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Increases in generative concern among older adults following reminders of mortality by Maxfield, Molly, Greenberg, Jeff, Pyszczynski, Tom, Weise, David R, Kosloff, Spee, Soenke, Melissa, Abeyta, Andrew A, Blatter, Jamin

“…According to terror management theory, people are motivated to protect themselves from the potential for anxiety resulting from awareness of mortality. It was…”
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Masculine Gender Role Stress and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Severity Among Inpatient Male Crack/Cocaine Users by McDermott, Michael J, Tull, Matthew T, Soenke, Melissa, Jakupcak, Matthew, Gratz, Kim L

“…This study examined the association between masculine gender role stress (MGRS) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom severity, above and beyond…”
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The role of positive emotion eliciting activities at promoting physiological recovery from sadness by Soenke, Melissa

“…The current study investigated whether positive emotion eliciting activities facilitate the physiological, as well as subjective emotional, recovery from…”
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