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February 6, 2026Psychology Health & Medicine

How death reminders influence breast self-examination: testing the terror management health model among Chinese women

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WPWei PengMichigan State UniversityHYHao YuUniversity of Technology SydneySTSong Tong

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Implication

Experiments test how mortality reminders influence breast self-examination intentions, suggesting cultural adaptations are necessary.

Key Points

  • The aim is to explore how mortality reminders affect breast self-examination intentions in a Chinese context, considering individual traits and message framing.
  • Conducted three experiments to test the effects of mortality reminders on breast self-examination intention.
  • Examined the moderating role of health optimism.
  • Compared objectified imagery with biologized depictions.
  • Assessed the effectiveness of health versus sociocultural value-oriented message framing.
  • Mortality reminders increased breast self-examination intention in women with high health optimism but decreased it in those with low optimism.
  • Objectified representations were more effective in enhancing willingness compared to anatomically framed images.
  • Health value messages were immediately effective, while sociocultural messages sustained intentions over time.

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Peng et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/698584f98f7c464f230082fehttps://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2026.2623305
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