Status Consumption as Coping With Fear of Death: The Mediating Role of Death Avoidance and the Moderating Role of Materialism

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dc.authoridCengiz, Hakan/0000-0002-2732-2873
dc.contributor.authorCengiz, Hakan
dc.contributor.authorCacciatore, Joanne
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-29T16:05:00Z
dc.date.available2024-09-29T16:05:00Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentKarabük Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractIndividuals employ various coping mechanisms to deal with the fear of death. While materialism and status consumption are commonly recognized in the literature as such strategies, no study has yet empirically tested this premise. Accordingly, this study examined the mediating role of death avoidance in the link between the fear of death and death-related status consumption (DRSC). Data obtained from 346 participants were analyzed using structural equation modeling. The results showed that fear of death significantly and positively influences DRSC and that death avoidance partially and positively mediates this relationship. Results also revealed that materialism strengthens the relationship between fear of death and DRSC, while it does not significantly moderate the relationship between death avoidance and DRSC. These results support the conclusion that death-related status consumption may play a critical role as an avoidance mechanism in coping with the fear of death. This study, being among the few that investigate death-related consumer behaviors, enriches both terror management theory and the literature on consumer behavior in crises.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipScientific and Technological Research Council of Turkiye (TUBITAK) [2219]en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Hakan Cengiz was supported by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkiye (TUBITAK) [#2219 International Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship Program].en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/00332941241251458
dc.identifier.issn0033-2941
dc.identifier.issn1558-691X
dc.identifier.pmid38684445en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/00332941241251458
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14619/6423
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001216861600001en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/Aen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSage Publications Incen_US
dc.relation.ispartofPsychological Reportsen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectFear of deathen_US
dc.subjectdeath avoidanceen_US
dc.subjecttherapeutic consumptionen_US
dc.subjectdeath-related status consumptionen_US
dc.subjectmaterialismen_US
dc.subjectterror management theoryen_US
dc.titleStatus Consumption as Coping With Fear of Death: The Mediating Role of Death Avoidance and the Moderating Role of Materialismen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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