Attitudes towards allowance of headscarf in the universities: a terror management theory perspective

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2010

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Çamlı, Şeyda

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The present study tested the mortality salience (MS) hypothesis of Terror Management Theory (TMT) on attitudes towards allowance of headscarf in the universities. Sample of the current study consisted of 208 university students. Religious, secular and liberal views were evaluated by participants. The results of 2 (Attitude: Supporters, Opponents) X 2 (Condition: Mortality salience, Control) ANOVAs showed that despite the lack of significant main effect of condition and interaction effect, MS tended to lead supporters of headscarf to evaluate both religious and secular essay more favorably but the liberal essay less favorably. On the contrary, opponents of headscarf tended to become supportive of the secular essay but critical of the religious and liberal essay following MS. Findings were discussed considering past literature and alternative theoretical perspectives.

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General social sciences., Psychology M.S. thesis

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http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12612565/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/19852

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Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis