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In: The journal of psychology: interdisciplinary and applied, Volume 150, Issue 6, p. 685-703
ISSN: 1940-1019
In: L' educazione sentimentale: rivista semestrale, Issue 23, p. 116-123
ISSN: 2037-7649
In: Social science journal: official journal of the Western Social Science Association, Volume 47, Issue 1, p. 189-204
ISSN: 0362-3319
In: The journal of psychology: interdisciplinary and applied, Volume 142, Issue 5, p. 449-470
ISSN: 1940-1019
In: The journal of psychology: interdisciplinary and applied, Volume 141, Issue 1, p. 91-108
ISSN: 1940-1019
In: The journal of psychology: interdisciplinary and applied, Volume 148, Issue 5, p. 523-547
ISSN: 1940-1019
In: Social behavior and personality: an international journal, Volume 35, Issue 3, p. 417-428
ISSN: 1179-6391
The short-term psychological reactions to the death of Pope John Paul II were investigated. Between 1 to 6 days after this event, 526 Catholic and atheist Italian adults took part in a questionnaire study. Participants were asked to report the personal circumstances in which they first
learned about the Pope's death, their emotional reactions, and their appraisal of the event's importance and consequentiality. Other questions assessed immediate memory for the original event, surprise-expectedness, exposure to mass media, and religious involvement. Results showed
that the news of the Pope's death, although widely expected, had a strong cognitive and emotional impact. Almost all the participants were able to recall the personal circumstances in which they heard the news. A positive relation was observed between the degree of religious involvement
and appraisal of importance and consequentiality, intensity of emotion, memory for event-related details, and frequency of exposure to mass media. Effects related to the age of the participants were also found.