■本研究旨在评估恐怖管理理论(TMT)关于死亡意识的假设及其在具有高外部有效性的现实世界战争局势中的心理影响。我们研究了诸如适应战争环境和心理韧性等因素是否可以缓冲对平民焦虑的影响,身心健康,和影响。
■我们在四周内实施了一项预先注册的基于智能手机的体验抽样方法研究,307名参与者(k=7,824)生活在乌克兰受战争影响的地区,参与者经常暴露在战争局势中,包括空袭警报,爆炸,和基础设施问题。
■数据表明,战争局势显着增加了焦虑,对心理健康产生负面影响,并提高躯体症状的严重程度。虽然习惯对这些影响表现出温和的缓冲作用,韧性没有。
■这个现实世界的调查支持了TMT关于死亡意识及其心理含义的基本假设。然而,即使在真实的存在中,危及生命的情况,习惯的缓冲作用令人惊讶地微乎其微。这表明有必要进一步探索现实场景中TMT的缓冲因子。
UNASSIGNED: This study sought to evaluate Terror Management Theory (TMT) assumptions about death awareness and its psychological impact in the context of a real-world war situation with high external validity. We examined if factors such as habituation to war circumstances and psychological resilience could buffer the effects on civilians\' anxiety, physical and mental health, and affect.
UNASSIGNED: We implemented a pre-registered smartphone-based experience sampling method study over four weeks, with 307 participants (k = 7,824) living in war-affected areas in Ukraine whereby participants were regularly exposed to war situations, including air-raid alarms, explosions, and infrastructural problems.
UNASSIGNED: The data indicated that war situations significantly increased anxiety, negatively impacting mental health, and raising somatic symptom severity. While habituation showed a mild buffering effect on these impacts, resilience did not.
UNASSIGNED: This real-world investigation supports TMT\'s fundamental assumptions about death awareness and its psychological implications. However, even amidst the presence of real, life-threatening situations, the buffering effects of habituation were surprisingly minimal. This suggests that further exploration of TMT\'s buffering factors in real-world scenarios is warranted.