Self-Transcendent Values and Neural Responses to Threatening Health Messages.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Prioritizing self-transcendent values such as family and friends more than nontranscendent values such as wealth and privilege is associated with lower stress response. In this study, we tested whether having self-transcendent values can reduce specific responses in the brain in the context of potentially threatening health communications.

Methods

Sedentary adults (N = 67) who would likely feel threatened by health messages that highlight the risk of sedentary behavior were recruited. Participants indicated the degree to which they prioritize self-transcendent values more than nontranscendent values. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, participants' neural responses to health messages were assessed within neural regions implicated in threat responses, incl

SUBMITTER: Kang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5413376 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature