Aided by colleagues Brian Zehetner, a registered dietitian, and Rebecca A. DeRossett, executive coach and owner of Stillwater
Psychological Associates, Runyon lays out the
connection between good health and exercise, and the reasons the average
person should develop fitness goals.
Mortality salience has the potential to cause worldview defense, a
psychological mechanism that strengthens
people's
connection with their in - group as a defense mechanism.