Cancer and the threat of death: the cognitive dynamics of death-thought suppression and its impact on behavioral health intentions.

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Cancer and the threat of death: the cognitive dynamics of death-thought suppression and its impact on behavioral health intentions. Abstract Text:

Jamie Arndt,Alison Cook,Jamie L Goldenberg,Cathy R Cox,

Five studies examined the cognitive association between thoughts of cancer and thoughts of death and their implication for screening intentions. Study 1 found that explicit contemplation of cancer did not increase death-thought accessibility. In support of the hypothesis that this reflects suppression of death-related thoughts, Study 2 found that individuals who thought about cancer exhibited elevated death-thought accessibility under high cognitive load, and Study 3 demonstrated that subliminal primes of the word cancer led to increased death-thought accessibility. Study 4 revealed lower levels of death-thought accessibility when perceived vulnerability to cancer was high, once again suggesting suppression of death-related thoughts in response to conscious threats associated with cancer. Study 5 extended the analysis by finding that after cancer salience, high cognitive load, which presumably disrupts suppression of the association between cancer and death, decreased cancer-related self-exam intentions. Theoretical and practical implications for understanding terror management, priming and suppression, and responses to cancer are discussed.

Cancer and the threat of death: the cognitive dynamics of death-thought suppression and its impact on behavioral health intentions. Publishing Authors By Initials

J Arndt,A Cook,JL Goldenberg,CR Cox,

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Cancer and the threat of death: the cognitive dynamics of death-thought suppression and its impact on behavioral health intentions. Journal Published:

PUBLICATION TYPE: Research Support, N.I.H., Extr

Journal: Journal of personality and social psychology

VOLUME: 92

Page Numbers: 12-29

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ISSN: 0022-3514

DAY: 3

MONTH: Jan

YEAR: 2007

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KEYWORDS: Subliminal Stimulation

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AFFILIATION: Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, USA. arndtj@missouri.edu

Country: United States

AGENCY: United States NCI

GRANT: R01CA96581

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MEDLINETA: J Pers Soc Psychol

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