The effect of COVID-19-induced mortality salience on delay discounting: a replication

Fatih Sonmez ()
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Fatih Sonmez: Muş Alparslan University

Journal of the Economic Science Association, 2021, vol. 7, issue 2, No 5, 159-166

Abstract: Abstract This study is a conceptual replication of Kelley & Schmeichel (PLOS ONE 10: e0144228, 2015), which found that thinking about death reduces delay discounting. Unlike the original study, the current study was conducted in an environment where there was a real and tangible mortality threat across the world, that is, COVID-19. Contrary to the findings of the original study, results of the current study revealed that thinking about death increases delay discounting, such that participants who were primed with death thoughts traded “₺200 now” for “₺342.35 three months later,” whereas those in the control condition traded “₺200 now” for “₺319.27 three months later”. The current study also explored the moderating roles of goal orientation and self-esteem in the effect of mortality salience on delay discounting; however, it failed to provide evidence for the moderating roles of these variables.

Keywords: Mortality salience; Delay discounting; Replication; COVID-19; D91 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/s40881-021-00109-5

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