Abstract Although mortality salience (MS) typically motivates worldview defensiveness, priming an autonomy/self-determined orientation may attenuate that defensiveness. In Study 1 (n = 156) MS (vs. pain) had higher support for militaristic defense of American interests abroad, unless participants were also primed with autonomy-oriented (vs. controlled) concepts. In Study 2 (n = 205), a pilot survey found participants were strongly aware of and interested in the cultural value of tolerance; MS (vs. neutral) had higher defense of that salient value in the form of support for more expansive/accepting immigration policy, unless participants were primed to recall autonomous/self-determined (vs. controlled) experiences. These findings bear implications for both aggressive and prosocial existential defenses, political ideology, and the intersection of existential defense and growth orientations.

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存在威胁助长了世界观防御，但不是在启动自主导向之后

摘要 虽然死亡率显着性 (MS) 通常会激发世界观的防御性，但启动自主/自我决定的方向可能会减弱这种防御性。在研究 1 (n = 156) 中，MS（与痛苦相比）对美国在海外利益的军国主义防御有更高的支持，除非参与者也以自主导向（与受控）概念为基础。在研究 2 (n = 205) 中，一项试点调查发现参与者对宽容的文化价值非常了解并感兴趣；MS（相对于中立）以支持更广泛/接受移民政策的形式对这一显着价值有更高的防御，除非参与者准备好回忆自主/自主（相对于受控）的经历。这些发现对激进的和亲社会的存在防御、政治意识形态、