Bartenschlager Christopher T J, Jansen Petra
Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
Front Psychol. 2023 Dec 19;14:1321552. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1321552. eCollection 2023.
Using the morality salience paradigm, this research tested whether subliminal death stimuli lead to increased physical strength. Moreover, it was investigated if mindfulness and self-esteem instability influence terror management.
In total, data from 160 undergraduate sports students were analyzed. Participants completed a word decision task in which they were presented with either the word death or pain for 28.5 ms. Before and after the task, their grip strength was measured using a hand dynamometer.
Linear mixed models could neither confirm the effect of the mortality salience hypothesis on strength nor an influence of mindfulness and self-esteem.
The results raise the question of a potential influence of subliminal mortality salience on athletic performance and how mindfulness and self-esteem instability affect terror management.
本研究采用道德凸显范式，测试阈下死亡刺激是否会增强体力。此外，还研究了正念和自尊不稳定性是否会影响恐惧管理。
总共分析了160名本科体育专业学生的数据。参与者完成了一项单词判断任务，在该任务中，他们会看到“死亡”或“疼痛”这两个单词，持续时间为28.5毫秒。在任务前后，使用握力计测量他们的握力。
线性混合模型既不能证实死亡凸显假设对力量的影响，也不能证实正念和自尊的影响。
研究结果引发了关于阈下死亡凸显对运动表现的潜在影响以及正念和自尊不稳定性如何影响恐惧管理的问题。
