Mortality salience, political orientation and minimization of terrorists' secondary emotions

  1. Raúl Piñuela Sánchez 1
  2. Carlos Yela García 1
  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR 02p0gd045

Revista:
Psicothema

ISSN: 0214-9915

Año de publicación: 2016

Volumen: 28

Número: 1

Páginas: 47-52

Tipo: Artículo

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Resumen

Antecedentes: desde el marco de la Teoría del Manejo del Terror (TMT), la presente investigación se centra en analizar los efectos del recuerdo de la propia mortalidad (mortality salience, MS) sobre la minimización sentimental (MSE, una forma particular de deshumanización) de los terroristas islamistas, en función de la orientación política. Método: se utilizó un diseño experimental en el cual los participantes (293 estudiantes universitarios) fueron asignados aleatoriamente a un grupo control o un grupo experimental, tomando nota sobre su orientación política, pidiéndoles que atribuyeran emociones a terroristas musulmanes. Resultados: en coherencia con las hipótesis planteadas, los resultados indican que, entre personas de izquierdas, la MS da lugar a una menor MSE emocional de los terroristas. Entre personas de derechas, sin embargo, la MS promueve mayor MSE de dicho grupo. Conclusiones: estos resultados apoyan la tesis de que los efectos de la MS no se dan exclusivamente en personas conservadoras, y que suponen más bien una polarización en las tendencias ideológicas previas que una deriva hacia el conservadurismo.

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