TY - JOUR
T1 - Registered Replication Report
T2 - Study 3 From Trafimow and Hughes (2012)
AU - Rife, Sean C.
AU - Lambert, Quinn
AU - Calin-Jageman, Robert
AU - Adamkovič, Matúš
AU - Banik, Gabriel
AU - Barberia, Itxaso
AU - Beaudry, Jennifer
AU - Bernauer, Hanna
AU - Calvillo, Dustin
AU - Chopik, William J.
AU - David, Louise
AU - de Beijer, Ismay
AU - Evans, Thomas Rhys
AU - Hartanto, Andree
AU - Kačmár, Pavol
AU - Legate, Nicole
AU - Martončik, Marcel
AU - Massar, Karlijn
AU - McCabe, Simon
AU - Moreau, David
AU - Osmanoğlu, Şevval
AU - Özdoğru, Asil Ali
AU - Panning, Miriam
AU - Primbs, Maximilian
AU - Protzko, John
AU - Rodríguez-Ferreiro, Javier
AU - Röer, Jan P.
AU - Ropovik, Ivan
AU - Schindler, Simon
AU - Sleegers, Willem
AU - ten Hoor, Gill
AU - Tran, Ulrich S.
AU - van Schie, Hein
AU - Voracek, Martin
AU - Wiggins, Brady
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2025.
PY - 2025/4/1
Y1 - 2025/4/1
N2 - Terror-management theory (TMT) proposes that when people are made aware of their own death, they are more likely to endorse cultural values. TMT is a staple of social psychology, featured prominently in textbooks and the subject of much research. The implications associated with TMT are significant because its advocates claim it can partially explain cultural conflicts, intergroup antagonisms, and even war. However, considerable ambiguity regarding effect size exists, and no preregistered replication of death-thought-accessibility findings exists. Moreover, there is debate regarding the role of time delay between the manipulation of mortality salience and assessment of key measures. We present results from 22 labs in 11 countries (total N = 3,447) attempting to replicate and extend an existing study of TMT, Study 3 from Trafimow and Hughes, and the role of time-delay effects. We successfully replicate Trafimow and Hughes and demonstrate that it is possible to prime death-related thoughts and that priming is more effective when there is no delay between the priming and outcome measure. Implications for future research and TMT are discussed.
AB - Terror-management theory (TMT) proposes that when people are made aware of their own death, they are more likely to endorse cultural values. TMT is a staple of social psychology, featured prominently in textbooks and the subject of much research. The implications associated with TMT are significant because its advocates claim it can partially explain cultural conflicts, intergroup antagonisms, and even war. However, considerable ambiguity regarding effect size exists, and no preregistered replication of death-thought-accessibility findings exists. Moreover, there is debate regarding the role of time delay between the manipulation of mortality salience and assessment of key measures. We present results from 22 labs in 11 countries (total N = 3,447) attempting to replicate and extend an existing study of TMT, Study 3 from Trafimow and Hughes, and the role of time-delay effects. We successfully replicate Trafimow and Hughes and demonstrate that it is possible to prime death-related thoughts and that priming is more effective when there is no delay between the priming and outcome measure. Implications for future research and TMT are discussed.
KW - death-thought accessibility
KW - open data
KW - open materials
KW - preregistered
KW - preregistration
KW - replication
KW - terror-management theory
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105003981361
U2 - 10.1177/25152459251328334
DO - 10.1177/25152459251328334
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:105003981361
SN - 2515-2459
VL - 8
JO - Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science
JF - Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science
IS - 2
ER -