Quick Links

Symposium Outline

I. The Problem of Finitude

1. Helplessness: A Hidden Liability Associated with Failed Defenses against

Awareness of Death
Mario Mikulincer, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya [Abstract] [Download]

Phillip R. Shaver, University of California, Davis

2. Terror Management Theory: From Genesis to Revelations

Jeff Greenberg, University of Arizona [Abstract] [Download]

3. A Body of Terror: Denial of Death and the Creaturely Body

Jamie L. Goldenberg, University of South Florida [Abstract] [Download]

4. A Significant Contributor to a Meaningful Cultural Drama: Terror Management
Research on the Functions and Implications of Self-Esteem
Jamie Arndt, University of Missouri, Columbia [Abstract] [Download]

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

Tom Pyszczynski & Pelin Kesebir, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

    [Abstract] [Download]

6. The Impermanence of All Things: An Existentialist Stance on Personal and
    Social Change
    Gilad Hirschberger, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya [Abstract] [Download]

II. The Threat of Meaninglessness

7. Meaning: Ubiquitous and Effortless
Laura A. King, University of Missouri, Columbia [Abstract] [Download]

8. Religion as a Quest for Meaning
Crystal L. Park, University of Connecticut [Abstract] [Download]
Donald Edmondson, Columbia University

9. Deriving Solace from a Nemesis: Having Enemies and Scapegoats
Buffers the Threat of Meaninglessness
Mark J. Landau, Daniel Sullivan, Zachary K. Rothschild, Lucas A. Keefer,

University of Kansas [Abstract] [Download]

10. Terrorism as Means to an End: How Political Violence Bestows Significance

Arie W. Kruglanski & Michele Gelfand, University of Maryland
Rohan Gunaratna, Nanyang Technological University

[Abstract] [Download]

11. Becoming and Developing: Personal Growth in the Wake of Parenthood and

Grandparenthood

Orit Taubman-Ben-Ari, Bar-Ilan University [Abstract] [Download]

III. The Challenge of Freedom

12. Beyond Defense: The Possibilities for Self-Determination amidst Implicit
and Explicit Threats and Controls
Richard M. Ryan, University of Rochester [Abstract] [Download]

13. Conditional Regard in Close Relationships
     Yaniv Kanat-Maymon, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya [Abstract] [Download]
      Guy Roth & Avi Assor, Ben Gurion University
      Abira Reizer, Ariel University Center of Samaria

IV. Connection versus Isolation and Loneliness

14. An Attachment Perspective on Social Isolation and Relatedness
Phillip R. Shaver, University of California, Davis
Mario Mikulincer, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya [Abstract] [Download]

15. Ostracism: The Impact of Being Rendered Meaningless
Kipling D. Williams, Purdue University [Abstract] [Download]

16. Why People Die by Suicide: Further Development and Tests of the
Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicidal Behavior
Thomas Joiner, Florida State University [Abstract] [Download]

V. Overcoming Existential Threats and Challenges

17. The Case of Anita: An Existential-Integrative Inquiry into Death Anxiety,
      Groundlessness, and the Quest for Meaning and Awe
      Kirk J. Schneider, The Existential-Humanistic Institute and Saybrook University
      [Abstract] [Download]

18. Separation Theory and Voice Therapy Methodology
Robert W. Firestone & Lisa Firestone, Glendon Association [Abstract] [Download]

19. Acceptance and Commitment to Chosen Values in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Iftah Yovel & Noa Bigman, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

[Abstract] [Download]

20. Removing the Constraints on Our Choices: A Psychobiological Approach to the

      Effects of Mindfulness-Based Techniques
      Nava Levit Binnun, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya [Abstract] [Download]
      Rachel Kaplan Milgram & Yaacov Raz, Tel-Aviv University

VI. Synthesis

21. An Integrative Perspective on Existential Concerns
Sheldon Solomon, Skidmore College

2011

Symposium Outline