In a study on mortality salience, one group of students with christian beliefs was made highly aware of their mortality by writing about what will happen to them when they die. in the control group, similar students completed a questionnaire that did not mention death. researchers found that

In this study, the researchers found that students in the mortality salience condition rated more favorably someone who validated their views than someone who did not. Mortality salience refers to the awareness of death to one's self. In the study, students with Christian beliefs were made aware of the state of transience while others were not.