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JOURNAL OF HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGY
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SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/00221678231203513
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terror management theory; mortality salience; materialism; desire for money
This article examined the effects of mortality salience on the desire for money in Singapore. Through three studies, it was found that mortality salience did not increase the desire for money, the preferred selling price of used laptops, or the willingness to endure unpleasant sounds for money. Attitudes toward money also did not moderate these effects.
Terror management theory has been used to explain our penchant for materialism. While materialism includes both the desire for products and the desire for money, research has generally examined the former. Consequently, this article aimed to examine the effects of mortality salience on desire for money in Singapore. Study 1 found that mortality salience did not increase self-reported desire for money but increased the size of a drawn coin. Study 2 found that mortality salience did not increase the preferred selling price of a used laptop. Finally, Study 3 found that mortality salience did not increase the willingness to listen to unpleasant sounds in exchange for money. Furthermore, attitudes toward money did not moderate the effects of mortality salience on desire for money. The nonsignificant results could be due to data collection during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the use of a Singaporean sample. Future research directions include examining the effects of the pandemic on terror management theory research and examining both the desire for products and the desire for money concurrently as dependent variables.
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