• Cultural cognition : the epistemic function of worldviews 

    Jimenez, Tyler (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
    Cultural worldviews -- shared, symbolic systems of meaning that render life interpretable -- provide a great deal of knowledge about the world. Thus, the validity of one's worldview may affect the need to think. The present ...
  • Defending our place in nature: mortality salience and environmental concern 

    Vess, Matthew, 1981- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
    [ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Drawing from terror management theory, two studies explored the implications that our existential need to view humans as distinct from the rest of ...
  • Exploring the terror management function of basic need-satisfaction 

    Vail, Kenneth E., III, 1985- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
    Self-determination theory suggests that experiencing autonomy, competence, and relatedness are basic psychological needs. Drawing from terror management theory, the present research considers whether need-satisfaction helps ...
  • Metaphor as a communication strategy for reducing health disparities for Latina women 

    Spina, Melissa (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
    Racial and ethnic health disparities exist in a multitude of health domains, including higher incidence rates of cancer within minority populations and premature deaths associated with cancer. To address this problem, it ...