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Applying Terror Management Theory to Explain International Faculty Responses to COVID-19 Control Measures.
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Journal of Studies in International Education . Feb2024, Vol. 28 Issue 1, p105-124. 20p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- The paper analyses an institutional approach and international faculty responses to implementation of social-distancing measures during COVID-19 on a residential campus of an international university in Kazakhstan. Terror-Management Theory is used to interpret the behavioral responses of the faculty. The theory predicts three types of international faculty responses to the conscious fear of death from COVID-19 – death avoidance, death acceptance, and death negation. These responses determine the extent of compliance with social distance-control measures. In addition three anxiety-buffering mechanisms proposed by the theory – commitment to particular worldviews, self-esteem enhancement and maintenance of social connections – serve as factors of variation in responses. Implications are drawn from the results about the relevance of the theory to the analysis of campus population responses to COVID-19-control measures on domestic and international campuses. Recommendations for university administrators at international universities are made about managing the three types of responses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10283153
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Studies in International Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 174837388
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/10283153221150112