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Touched by Tragedy Touched by Tragedy doi:10.17026/DANS-Z6P-NF4X616327easy-dataset:128222 E. Das L. te Hennepe 2019-01-01 DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities 2019-05-30 Social Sciencesterror managementmortality salience of loved oneseudaimonic entertainmentmixed affectboundary expansionidentification <p>Even though humans are afraid of death, they are drawn to stories that feature death and tragedy. Extending previous findings, this research examined conditions under which individuals connect to tragic movies about the loss of loved ones. Drawing on Terror Management Theory and TEBOTS, an experimental study examined the hypothesis that mortality salience would increase self-story connections, especially for highly emotional (versus moderately emotional) videos about the loss of a loved one. 194 Participants were randomly assigned to a 3 (Mortality Salience: Self vs. Loved One vs. Control) X 2 (Emotional Intensity of Tragic Movies: Moderate vs. High) between subjects design, and completed measures of Death Thought Accessibility (DTA), mixed affect, boundary expansion, and identification.</p> https://ssh.datastations.nl/oai doi:10.17026/DANS-Z6P-NF4X 2025-12-03T01:00:28Z ddi:codebook:2_5