The Smolensk Disaster and the Dynamics of Death-Related Thoughts Accessibility

The article describes a study concerning death-related thoughts following the crash of the Polish Tu-154M plane with the Polish president and other members of an official Polish delegation on-board. In the study, the DRT (Death Related Thoughts) scale was used. The results showed that thoughts about death in a sample of Polish students (N=120) increased immediately after the plane crash, and after a few weeks the level measured was even higher. The obtained results also show a relatively strong positive correlation between the results of the DRT scale and the amount of information about the presidential plane crash presented in the massmedia.

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Grzyb, Tomasz ; Dolinski, Dariusz
Published in:	International Journal of Social Science Studies. - Chaire en Économie et Management de l'Innovation (CEMI). - Vol. 1.2013, 1, p. 184-191
Publisher:	Chaire en Économie et Management de l'Innovation (CEMI)
Subject:	catastrophe reactions \| terror management theory \| mass media \| mass communication

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	R00 - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics. General ; Z0 - Other Special Topics. General
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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