Jianning Dang’s research while affiliated with Beijing Normal University and other places

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Death anxiety at wave 1 and group identification indicators at wave 2 in study 1. Gray shading indicates standard errors.
(a) Linear and quadratic models and (b) segmented models for each indicator of group identification at wave 2 in study 1. The linear term was mean-centered before computing the corresponding quadratic terms and entering the models. Segments 1 and 2 represent the slopes before and after the breakpoint, respectively. The 95% CIs for all effects are plotted.
(a) Linear and quadratic models and (b) segmented models for each indicator of group identification at wave 2 in study 1. The linear term was mean-centered before computing the corresponding quadratic terms and entering the models. Segments 1 and 2 represent the slopes before and after the breakpoint, respectively. The 95% CIs for all effects are plotted.
Worry about a terrorist attack and group identification indicators in study 2.
(a) Linear and quadratic models and (b) segmented models for each indicator of group identification in study 2. The linear term was group-mean-centered before computing the corresponding quadratic terms and entering the models. Segments 1 and 2 represent the slopes before and after the breakpoint, respectively. The 95% CIs for all effects are plotted.

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Enough Terror to Belong: The Nonlinear Association of Death Anxiety with Group Identification
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May 2024

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Chao Li

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Jianning Dang

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Death anxiety is presumed to be positively associated with group identification; however, recent evidence of a null correlation between the two constructs raises questions regarding this assumption. In contrast to the traditional linear perspective, we proposed and tested a J-shaped curvilinear association that only death anxiety beyond a certain threshold predicts group identification. Using two-wave longitudinal data from the UK, study 1 (N=1,402) revealed that only after reaching a moderate-to-high level could death anxiety measured during the COVID-19 pandemic positively predict later identification with the community, one’s country, and all humanity. Furthermore, using World Values Survey data, study 2 (N=56,871) found that death-related anxiety (i.e., worry about a terrorist attack) was only positively associated with perceived closeness to one’s village, county, and country after reaching a moderate-to-high level. Our findings provide a novel insight into the process of managing terror and the replication failure of the mortality salience effect.

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