An Atheist Perspective on Self-Esteem and Meaning Making while under Death Awareness

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dc.contributor.authorColeman, Thomas J., III
dc.contributor.authorSevinc, Kenan
dc.contributor.authorHood, Ralph W., Jr.
dc.contributor.authorJong, Jonathan
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T20:45:49Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:45:49Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractIn accordance with Terror Management Theory research, secular beliefs can serve an important role for mitigating existential concerns by providing atheists with a method to attain personal meaning and bolster self-esteem. Although much research has suggested that religious beliefs are powerful defense mechanisms, these effects are limited or reveal more nuanced effects when attempting to explain atheists' (non)belief structures. The possibility of nonbelief that provides meaning in the here and now is reinforced by the importance placed on scientific discovery, education, and social activism by many atheists. Thus, these values and ideologies can, and do, allow for empirically testable claims within a Terror Management framework. Although religious individuals can and largely do use religion as a defense strategy against existential concerns, purely secular ideologies are more effective for atheists providing evidence for a hierarchical approach and individual differences within worldview defenses. Evidence for and implications of these arguments are discussed.
dc.description.sponsorshipAmerican Psychological Association Division 36 Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality 2017 Research Seed Grant
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was graciously supported by an American Psychological Association Division 36 Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality 2017 Research Seed Grant awarded to Thomas J. Coleman III.
dc.identifier.doi10.1163/25892525-00102002
dc.identifier.endpage228
dc.identifier.issn2589-2517
dc.identifier.issn2589-2525
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85092714840
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.startpage204
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1163/25892525-00102002
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/24729
dc.identifier.volume1
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001158063100003
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherBrill
dc.relation.ispartofSecular Studies
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectTerror Management Theory
dc.subjectatheism
dc.subjectsecular
dc.subjectnonbelief
dc.subjectimplicit belief
dc.subjectnonreligion
dc.subjectIAT
dc.titleAn Atheist Perspective on Self-Esteem and Meaning Making while under Death Awareness
dc.typeArticle

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