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Self-affirmation

Self-affirmation theory is a psychological theory that focuses on how individuals adapt to information or experiences that are threatening to their self-concept. Claude Steele originally popularized self-affirmation theory in the late 1980s, and it remains a well-studied theory in social psychological research.

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Empirical researchStress responseTrier social stress testPositive feedbackMental arithmetic
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Factors that influence the effectiveness of self-affirmations

Individualist and collectivist culturesCognitive dissonance
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Self-affirmation

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related to Education · 11
Self-affirmation → African American, Ethnic, Findings, Half, Latino American, Seventh, Similarly, Studies, The, There, These
related to Buffering against stress · 9
Self-affirmation → Findings, Following, For, In, Participants, Prior, Trier, Trier Social Stress, Trier Social Stress Task
related to Actions that promote one's values can reduce perceived threat · 8
Self-affirmation → Engaging, Having, However, It, Promoting, Self-Affirmations, Taken, This
related to People try to protect their self-integrity · 8
Self-affirmation → According, Belief, For, Roles, Self-integrity, Steele, Threats, Values
related to Values list · 8
Self-affirmation → Allport-Vernon-Lindzey Values, An, It, Participants, The, The Allport-Vernon-Lindzey Values Scale, There, This
has effect · 7
Self-affirmation → However, In, More, Research, Similarly, Some, To
related to Health · 7
Self-affirmation → Concern, Half, Patients, Poor, Self-affirmed, There, Women
related to Culture · 5
Self-affirmation → Another, Individualist, One, The, This
related to Importance of the threatened domain · 4
Self-affirmation → Because, Benefits, For, Thus
related to Self-integrity is flexible · 4
Self-affirmation → Having, Instead, Self-affirmations, That

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