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THE EFFECTS OF MORTALITY SALIENCE AND PERCEIVED TERRORISM
THREAT ON ATTITUDES TOWARD MUSLIM AND MUSLIM AMERICANS
by
Anh Hung Nguyen
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(EDUCATION)
December 2006
Copyright 2006 Anh Hung Nguyen
Object Description
| Title | The effects of mortality salience and perceived terrorism threat on attitudes toward Muslim and Muslim Americans |
| Author | Nguyen, Anh Hung |
| Author email | thanhtue14@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Counseling Psychology) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2006-09-07 |
| Date submitted | 2006 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2006-11-15 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Goodyear, Rodney K. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Brekke, John Stone, Gerald |
| Abstract | This study employed Terror Management Theory (TMT) to examine whether evoking thoughts about being in a terrorist attack would lead to a worldview defense similar to that which occurs when mortality is made salient. That is, whether, participants would defend their cultural values and denigrate others who do not share those values. College students (N=165) from a rural community college and a large metropolitan university participated in the study. They were exposed to one of three priming conditions: In the control condition, participants were to think about how they felt when they watched television; in the second condition, they were to think about how they felt about their death; in the third condition, they were asked how they would feel if they were caught in the middle of a terrorist attack. It was predicted that the level of worldview defense would be the lowest among subjects who were in the television (control) condition but would be higher among those in the mortality or terrorism salient (experimental) conditions. It also examined whether there were between-group differences in attitudes towards Muslims and Muslim Americans. Similarly to previous studies, participants did not report any negative emotional effects from the mortality or terrorism priming conditions. Contrary to expectations, however, there were no significant between-group differences found in the levels of worldview defense or in attitudes towards Muslims and Muslim Americans. Issues related to confounding variables that could have affected the results were discussed. Methods to control and to examine certain extraneous variables were also suggested for future studies. |
| Keyword | terror management theory; terrorism; death |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m135 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Nguyen, Anh Hung |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Nguyen-20061115 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume23/etd-Nguyen-20061115.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Full text | THE EFFECTS OF MORTALITY SALIENCE AND PERCEIVED TERRORISM THREAT ON ATTITUDES TOWARD MUSLIM AND MUSLIM AMERICANS by Anh Hung Nguyen A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (EDUCATION) December 2006 Copyright 2006 Anh Hung Nguyen |
