Title

Applying Existential Social Psychology to Mental Health

Document Type

Editorial

Publication Date

4-1-2020

Publication Title

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

Abstract

Human existence is characterized by some rather unique psychological challenges. Because people can reflect on their lives and place in the world, they are regularly confronted with a variety of existential concerns: death and mortality; the burdens of freedom; uncertainty regarding one's identity; isolation from others; and indeterminate meaning in life. Existential social psychology (Greenberg, Koole, & Pyszczynski, 2004; Vail & Routledge, 2020) investigates whether and how such existential concerns shape everyday life and, as highlighted in the present special issue, how such processes impact mental health and social functioning.

DOI

10.1521/jscp.2020.39.4.229

Volume

39

Issue

4

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