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Contributors | p. xi |
Preface | p. xv |
Introduction | p. 3 |
The Problem of Finitude | p. 15 |
Terror Management Theory: From Genesis to Revelations | p. 17 |
Helplessness: A Hidden Liability Associated With Failed Defenses Against Awareness of Death | p. 37 |
A Significant Contributor to a Meaningful Cultural Drama: Terror Management Research on the Functions and Implications of Self-Esteem | p. 55 |
Culture, Ideology, Morality, and Religion: Death Changes Everything | p. 75 |
A Body of Terror: Denial of Death and the Creaturely Body | p. 93 |
The Impermanence of All Things: An Existentialist Stance on Personal and Social Change | p. 111 |
The Threat of Meaninglessness | p. 127 |
Meaning: Ubiquitous and Effortless | p. 129 |
Religion as a Source of Meaning | p. 145 |
Becoming and Developing: Personal Growth in the Wake of Parenthood and Grandparenthood | p. 163 |
Deriving Solace From a Nemesis: Having Scapegoats and Enemies Buffers the Threat of Meaninglessness | p. 183 |
Terrorism as Means to an End: How Political Violence Bestows Significance | p. 203 |
The Challenge of Freedom | p. 213 |
Beyond Illusions and Defense: Exploring the Possibilities and Limits of Human Autonomy and Responsibility Through Self-Determination Theory | p. 215 |
Conditional Regard in Close Relationships | p. 235 |
Removing the Constraints on Our Choices: A Psychobiological Approach to the Effects of Mindfulness-Based Techniques | p. 253 |
Choice, Freedom, and Autonomy | p. 271 |
Connection Versus Isolation and Loneliness | p. 289 |
An Attachment Perspective on Coping With Existential Concerns | p. 291 |
Ostracism: The Impact of Being Rendered Meaningless | p. 309 |
Why People Die by Suicide: Further Development and Tests of the Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicidal Behavior | p. 325 |
Overcoming Existential Threats and Challenges | p. 337 |
The Case of Allison: An Existential-Integrative Inquiry Into Death Anxiety, Groundlessness, and the Quest for Meaning and Awe | p. 339 |
Separation Theory and Voice Therapy Methodology | p. 353 |
Acceptance and Commitment to Chosen Values in Cognitive Behavior Therapy | p. 379 |
Synthesis | p. 399 |
The Social Psychology of Meaning, Mortality, and Choice: An Integrative Perspective on Existential Concerns | p. 401 |
Index | p. 419 |
About the Editors | p. 437 |
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