1 University of Arizona, Tucson, USA.
Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2017 Jun;43(6):743-757. doi: 10.1177/0146167217697092. Epub 2017 Apr 20.
This research tested whether support for the killing of animals serves a terror management function. In five studies, death primes caused participants to support the killing of animals more than control primes, unless the participants' self-esteem had been elevated (Study 4). This effect was not moderated by gender, preexisting attitudes toward killing animals or animal rights, perceived human-animal similarity, religiosity, political orientation, or by the degree to which the killing was justified. Support for killing animals after subliminal death primes was also associated with an increased sense of power and invulnerability (Study 5). Implications and future directions are discussed.
本研究测试了对动物杀戮的支持是否起到了死亡管理功能。在五项研究中，死亡暗示引发了参与者对动物杀戮的支持，超过了控制暗示，除非参与者的自尊心得到了提升（研究 4）。这种影响不受性别、对杀戮动物或动物权利的既有态度、感知到的人与动物的相似性、宗教信仰、政治取向或杀戮合理化程度的影响。在潜意识死亡暗示后，对杀戮动物的支持也与权力感和不可侵犯感的增强有关（研究 5）。讨论了其意义和未来方向。
