The Scrooge Effect: Evidence that Mortality Salience Increases Prosocial Attitudes and Behavior

By E. Jonas, Jeff Schimel, J. Greenberg, T. Pyszczynski. 2002

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Donating to disaster victims: Responses to natural and humanly caused events (2011, neutral): “…that group processes cannot be ignored in the study of prosocial behaviour (Cuddy, Rock & Norton, 2007; Graziano, Habashi, Sheese, & Tobin, 2007; Jonas et al., 2002; Nadler, 2002; Simon, Stürmer, & Steffens, 2000; Stürmer, Snyder, & Omoto, 2005), and several recent works have demonstrated…”
The Psychology of Charitable Donations to Disaster Victims and Beyond (2015, background): “There are also intersituation differences (Jonas et al., 2002), interorganizational differences (e.g., some charities might be preferred because they are seen as more trustworthy; Polonsky et al., 2002), and intercampaign differences (e.g., some campaigns might be more successful because they…”
Can boredom help? Increased prosocial intentions in response to boredom (2017, positive): “Consistent with past research (Caprara & Steca, 2005; Furrow et al., 2004; Jonas et al., 2002; Shek, et al., 1994; see also Heine et al., 2006; Joireman & Duell, 2005; 2007), our research suggests that one of the values of prosocial intentions lies in its meaning-regulating potential: the…”
The Hot and Cool of Death Awareness at Work: Mortality Cues, Aging, and Self-Protective and Prosocial Motivations (2009, background): “Researchers have even demonstrated that people express more nationalistic views—and believe charities are more important—when surveyed while walking past a funeral home (Jonas et al., 2002).”
Restoring identity trough outgroup helping: Beliefs about international aid in respons to the December 2004 tsunami (2007, background): “Thus, a threatened personal identity may increase the helping of other individuals, including other ingroup members (c.f. Jonas et al., 2002), but a threatened group identity could only be restored (in principal) through the helping of (members of) other groups.”
On the Unique Psychological Import of the Human Awareness of Mortality: Theme and Variations (2006, background): “For example, how long would it take for increased intentions to tan ( Routledge et al, 2004 ), risky driving ( Taubman–Ben-Ari, Florian, & Mikulincer, 1999 ), and anonymous donations ( Jonas, Schimel, Greenberg, & Pyszczynski, 2002 ) to actually increase the coalitional bonds that might protect one ”
Perceived collective continuity and ingroup identification as defence against death awareness (2009, background): “For instance, following a death reminder, people tend to exhibit more ingroup favouritism and identification (Castano, Yzerbyt, Paladino, & Sacchi, 2002), increase pro-social behaviour toward ingroup members (Jonas et al., 2002), and punish group deviants more severely (Rosenblatt et al.”
History of Social Psychology: Insights, Challenges, and Contributions to Theory and Application (2010, background): “Given the heralded reach of the theory, it is curious that, with a few exceptions (e.g., Jonas et al., 2002), TMT researchers have focused almost exclusively on negative behaviors (e.g., derogation of those who do not share one’s cultural worldview) as their “dependent variables.””
Terrorism Salience increases System Justification: Experimental Evidence (2007, background): “Research on TMT is filled with examples of naturally occurring death reminders such as funeral homes (Jonas et al., 2002) and fatal car accidents (Nelson et al.”