Pelin Kesebir

University of Wisconsin-Madison - Center for Investigating Healthy Minds

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1.

Happiness

Handbook of Individual Differences in Social Behavior, pp. 147-160, M. Leary & R. Hoyle, eds., Guilford Press, 2009
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 08 Sep 2012
Ed Diener, Pelin Kesebir and William Tov
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Wisconsin-Madison - Center for Investigating Healthy Minds and Singapore Management University
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happiness, subjective well-being, individual differences, personality

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A Virtuous Cycle: The Relationship Between Happiness and Virtue

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 14 Aug 2013
Pelin Kesebir and Ed Diener
University of Wisconsin-Madison - Center for Investigating Healthy Minds and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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happiness, subjective well-being, virtues, positive psychology

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In Pursuit of Happiness: Empirical Answers to Philosophical Questions

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In Pursuit of Happiness: Empirical Answers to Philosophical Questions

Perspectives on Psychological Science, Vol. 3, pp. 117-125, 2008
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 04 Mar 2011
Pelin Kesebir and Ed Diener
University of Wisconsin-Madison - Center for Investigating Healthy Minds and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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happiness, subjective well-being, philosophy

In Pursuit of Happiness: Empirical Answers to Philosophical Questions

Association for Psychological Science, Vol. 3, No. 2, 2008
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 11 Jan 2013
Pelin Kesebir and Ed Diener
University of Wisconsin-Madison - Center for Investigating Healthy Minds and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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The Role of Death in Life: Existential Aspects of Human Motivation

THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF MOTIVATION, R. Ryan, ed., The Oxford Handbook of Motivation, New York: Oxford University Press, 2011
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 05 Mar 2011
Pelin Kesebir and Tom Pyszczynski
University of Wisconsin-Madison - Center for Investigating Healthy Minds and University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
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Terror management theory, experimental existential psychology, death anxiety, existential anxiety, motivation

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The Cultural Salience of Moral Character and Virtue Declined in Twentieth Century America

Journal of Positive Psychology, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 31 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 15 Aug 2012
Pelin Kesebir and Selin Kesebir
University of Wisconsin-Madison - Center for Investigating Healthy Minds and London Business School
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virtue, morality, moral character, values, culture, culturomics

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An Existential Perspective on the Need for Self-Esteem

Pyszczynski, T., & Kesebir, P. (2013). An existential perspective on the need for self-esteem. In V. Zeigler-Hill (Ed.), Current Issues in Social Psychology: Self-Esteem (pp. 124–144).
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 27 Mar 2013
Tom Pyszczynski and Pelin Kesebir
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and University of Wisconsin-Madison - Center for Investigating Healthy Minds
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self-esteem, terror management theory, death anxiety, motivation, existential motivation

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Ideological Consistency across the Political Spectrum: Liberals are More Consistent but Conservatives Become More Consistent When Coping with Existential Threat

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 12 Feb 2013
Pelin Kesebir, Erik Phillips, Jackie Anson, Tom Pyszczynski and Matt Motyl
University of Wisconsin-Madison - Center for Investigating Healthy Minds, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Central Methodist University, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and University of Illinois at Chicago
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ideology, political attitudes, liberals, conservatives, terror management, consistency

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A Quiet Ego Quiets Death Anxiety: Humility as an Existential Anxiety Buffer

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 22 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 24 Feb 2014
Pelin Kesebir
University of Wisconsin-Madison - Center for Investigating Healthy Minds
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Humility, entitlement, terror management theory, existential motivation, self-transcendence, virtue

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Culture, Ideology, Morality, and Religion: Death Changes Everything

THE SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF MEANING, MORTALITY, AND CHOICE, M. Mikulincer, P. R. Shaver, eds., Washington, D.C.: APA Press, 2011
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 05 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 08 Jun 2011
Tom Pyszczynski and Pelin Kesebir
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and University of Wisconsin-Madison - Center for Investigating Healthy Minds
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death anxiety, existential motivation, terror management theory, culture, ideology, morality, religion

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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Involves Disrupted Anxiety-Buffer Mechanisms

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 05 Apr 2011
Pelin Kesebir, Aleksandra Luszczynska, Tom Pyszczynski and Charles Benight
University of Wisconsin-Madison - Center for Investigating Healthy Minds, Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
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Trauma, posttraumatic stress disorder, terror management theory, death and dying, domestic violence

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Existential Functions of Culture: The Monumental Immortality Project

CULTURAL PROCESSES: A SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE, pp. 96-110, A. Leung, C.-Y. Chiu, and Y.-Y. Hong, eds., Oxford University Press, 2011
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 06 Mar 2011
Pelin Kesebir
University of Wisconsin-Madison - Center for Investigating Healthy Minds
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Culture, Terror Management Theory, Existential Psychology

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A Moral-Existential Account of the Psychological Factors Fostering Intergroup Conflict

Social and Personality Psychology Compass, Vol. 5, No. 11, pp. 878–890, 2011
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 10 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 09 Nov 2011
Pelin Kesebir and Tom Pyszczynski
University of Wisconsin-Madison - Center for Investigating Healthy Minds and University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
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Terror management theory, morality, moral foundations theory, intergroup relations, intergroup conflict, intergroup violence, peace psychology

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Meaning as a Buffer for Existential Anxiety

P. Russo-Netzer & A. Batthyany (Eds.), Meaning in Existential and Positive Psychology. New York: Free Press, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 25 Jul 2013
Pelin Kesebir and Tom Pyszczynski
University of Wisconsin-Madison - Center for Investigating Healthy Minds and University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
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meaning, terror management theory

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Culture: The Grand Web of Meaning

THE EXPERIENCE OF MEANING IN LIFE: PERSPECTIVES FROM THE PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES, J. Hicks, C. Routledge, eds., Springer Press, 2011
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 19 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 29 Sep 2011
Melody Manchi Chao and Pelin Kesebir
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) and University of Wisconsin-Madison - Center for Investigating Healthy Minds
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meaning, culture, multiculturalism

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Anxiety Buffer Disruption Theory: A Terror Management Account of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, Vol. 24, pp. 3-26, 2011
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 08 Mar 2011
Tom Pyszczynski and Pelin Kesebir
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and University of Wisconsin-Madison - Center for Investigating Healthy Minds
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post-traumatic stress disorder, terror management theory, existential anxiety, anxiety buffer disruption theory

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Drawing Attention to Global Climate Change Decreases Support for War

Pyszczynski, T., Motyl, M., Vail, K. E., Hirschberger, G., Arndt, J., & Kesebir, P. (2012). Drawing attention to global climate change decreases support for war. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 01 Oct 2012
Tom Pyszczynski, Matt Motyl, Kenneth Vail, Gilad Hirschberger, Jamie Arndt and Pelin Kesebir
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Missouri at Columbia, Reichman University - Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliyah, University of Missouri at Columbia and University of Wisconsin-Madison - Center for Investigating Healthy Minds
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global climate change, terror management theory, existential anxiety, peace psychology, intergroup conflict, intergroup violence

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The Social and Economic Context of Peace and Happiness

Understanding culture: Theory, research, and application (pp. 239-258). New York: Psychology Press. 2009
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 05 Jul 2014
William Tov, Ed Diener, Weiting Ng, Pelin Kesebir and James Harter
Singapore Management University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, SIM University (UniSIM), University of Wisconsin-Madison - Center for Investigating Healthy Minds and The Gallup Organization
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happiness, satisfaction, inequality, violence, confidence in government, trust

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The Scrooge Effect Revisited: Mortality Salience Increases the Satisfaction Derived from Prosocial Behavior

Zaleskiewicz, T., Gasiorowska, A., & Kesebir, P., The Scrooge effect revisited: Mortality salience increases the satisfaction derived from prosocial behavior. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 01 Apr 2015
Tomasz Zaleskiewicz, Agata Gasiorowska and Pelin Kesebir
University of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Social Sciences and Humanities and University of Wisconsin-Madison - Center for Investigating Healthy Minds
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