Publications by authors named "Madeline Forrester"
From a Terror Management perspective, the pursuit of thinness that characterizes eating disorders (EDs) is arguably a culturally endorsed way to mitigate death anxiety. In the present studies, we used the mortality salience (MS) paradigm to examine whether priming death increases ED symptoms. We recruited two samples of women from undergraduate (Study 1, = 120), and clinically relevant (Study 2, = 154) populations.
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- People with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) experience higher fear of disease progression (FOP) compared to cancer survivors, and this study investigates the link between FOP and existential concerns in RA.
- The research involved 165 participants with RA who completed questionnaires measuring existential concerns and FOP, revealing that nearly two-thirds had clinically significant FOP, particularly those with higher existential concerns.
- Key findings indicate that domains like death anxiety, meaninglessness, and guilt significantly contribute to FOP, suggesting a complex relationship that needs further exploration in future studies.
A fear that one's physical illness will recur or worsen has received substantial research attention over the past decade, most notably as fear of cancer recurrence. Indeed, such fear is known to be associated with poorer quality of life, adjustment, and psychopathology. However, fear of a recurrence or progression (FORP) of mental health conditions has received comparatively little study.
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