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Existential distress among individuals with co-occurring chronic pain and PTSD.
David E Reed, Kenneth E Vail, Briana A Cobos, Paul S Nabity, Donald D McGeary

Psychol Trauma· July 2025

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The captain of my soul: Self-determination and need-satisfaction help manage death-related cognition, anxiety, and well-being.
Kenneth E Vail, Dylan E Horner

J Pers Soc Psychol· December 2023

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Motivated reasoning: Election integrity beliefs, outcome acceptance, and polarization before, during, and after the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election.
Kenneth E Vail, Lindsey Harvell-Bowman, McKenzie Lockett, Tom Pyszczynski, Gabriel Gilmore

Motiv Emot· September 2022

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Investigating the Role of Normative Support in Atheists' Perceptions of Meaning Following Reminders of Death.
Melissa Soenke, Kenneth E Vail, Jeff Greenberg

Front Psychol· July 2022

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Divergent effects of social media use on meaning in life via loneliness and existential isolation during the coronavirus pandemic.
Peter J Helm, Tyler Jimenez, Madhwa S Galgali, Megan E Edwards, Kenneth E Vail

J Soc Pers Relat· June 2022

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Pain-related disability, PTSD symptoms, and mood among a comorbid chronic pain and PTSD sample prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
David E Reed, Briana Cobos, Elizabeth A Lehinger, Paul S Nabity, Kenneth E Vail

J Health Psychol· May 2022

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Authenticity as a Resilience Factor Against CV-19 Threat Among Those With Chronic Pain and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
David E Reed, Elizabeth Lehinger, Briana Cobos, Kenneth E Vail, Paul S Nabity

Front Psychol· April 2021

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Natural, But Not Supernatural, Literal Immortality Affirmation Attenuates Mortality Salience Effects on Worldview Defense in Atheists.
Kenneth E Vail, Melissa Soenke, Brett Waggoner, Ilianna Mavropoulou

Pers Soc Psychol Bull· February 2020

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Anxiety buffer disruption: Worldview threat, death thought accessibility, and worldview defense among low and high posttraumatic stress symptom samples.
Kenneth E Vail, Elizabeth A Goncy, Donald Edmondson

Psychol Trauma· September 2019

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Self-affirmation attenuates death-thought accessibility after mortality salience, but not among a high post-traumatic stress sample.
Kenneth E Vail, Adrienne Morgan, Lauren Kahle

Psychol Trauma· January 2018

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The impact of death awareness on sizes of self-representational objects.
Simon McCabe, Kenneth E Vail, Jamie Arndt

Br J Soc Psychol· January 2018

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The effect of visualizing healthy eaters and mortality reminders on nutritious grocery purchases: an integrative terror management and prototype willingness analysis.
Simon McCabe, Jamie Arndt, Jamie L Goldenberg, Matthew Vess, Kenneth E Vail

Health Psychol· March 2015

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Hails from the crypt: a terror management health model investigation of the effectiveness of health-oriented versus celebrity-oriented endorsements.
Simon McCabe, Kenneth E Vail, Jamie Arndt, Jamie L Goldenberg

Pers Soc Psychol Bull· March 2014

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The interactive effect of mortality reminders and tobacco craving on smoking topography.
Jamie Arndt, Kenneth E Vail, Cathy R Cox, Jamie L Goldenberg, Thomas M Piasecki

Health Psychol· May 2013

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When death is good for life: considering the positive trajectories of terror management.
Kenneth E Vail, Jacob Juhl, Jamie Arndt, Matthew Vess, Clay Routledge

Pers Soc Psychol Rev· November 2012

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Exploring the existential function of religion and supernatural agent beliefs among Christians, Muslims, atheists, and agnostics.
Kenneth E Vail, Jamie Arndt, Abdolhossein Abdollahi

Pers Soc Psychol Bull· October 2012

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A terror management analysis of the psychological functions of religion.
Kenneth E Vail, Zachary K Rothschild, Dave R Weise, Sheldon Solomon, Tom Pyszczynski

Pers Soc Psychol Rev· February 2010

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