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Joseph Hayes is a Professor at Acadia University, Department of Psychology, specializing in existential and social-personality psychology. His research focuses on how individuals cope with the awareness of mortality and examines withdrawal responses to threatening circumstances.
- Education: B.A. (Honours) from Saint Francis Xavier University, M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Alberta.
Dr. Hayes’ work explores themes such as terror management theory, mortality salience, and goal-regulation under existential threat. His recent studies analyze fatalism during crises, cannabis use as existential coping, and dynamics of worldview defense.
Key trends in his publications include existential anxiety, death-thought accessibility, and behavioral responses to threats across diverse contexts (e.g., pandemics, religious radicalization). Notable collaborations and supervised students address intersections of existential dread with physical health, political behavior, and self-regulation.
- Laboratory facilities located in Horton Hall 409/418/420 (Acadia University).
