Sherman, David K.

The psychology of self-defense: Self-affirmation theory

Sherman, D. K., & Cohen, G. L. (2006) · Advances in Experimental Social Psychology

Death Anxiety and Social ExclusionSocial and Intergroup Psychology

Cited by 1,614

The Psychology of Change: Self-Affirmation and Social Psychological Intervention

Cohen, G. L., & Sherman, D. K. (2014) · Annual Review of Psychology

Death Anxiety and Social ExclusionSocial and Intergroup Psychology

Cited by 1,302

Culture and social support.

Kim, H. S., Sherman, D. K., & Taylor, S. E. (2008) · American Psychologist

Racial and Ethnic Identity ResearchCultural Differences and Values

Cited by 1,252

Affirmation of personal values buffers neuroendocrine and psychological stress responses

Creswell, J. D., Welch, W. T., Taylor, S. E., Sherman, D. K., Gruenewald, T. L., & Mann, T. (2005) · Psychological Science

Stress Responses and CortisolPsychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction

Cited by 482

Accepting threatening information: Self‐affirmation and the reduction of defensive biases

Sherman, D. K., & Cohen, G. L. (2002) · Current Directions in Psychological Science

Social and Intergroup PsychologyDeath Anxiety and Social Exclusion

Cited by 435

Deflecting the trajectory and changing the narrative: How self-affirmation affects academic performance and motivation under identity threat.

Sherman, D. K., Hartson, K. A., Binning, K. R., Purdie-Vaughns, V., Garcia, J., Taborsky-Barba, S., Tomassetti, S., Nussbaum, A. D., & Cohen, G. L. (2013) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Social and Intergroup PsychologyEducation, Achievement, and Giftedness

Cited by 371

Culture, distress, and oxytocin receptor polymorphism (OXTR) interact to influence emotional support seeking

Kim, H. S., Sherman, D. K., Sasaki, J. Y., Xu, J., Chu, T. Q., Ryu, C., Suh, E. M., Graham, K., & Taylor, S. E. (2010) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Neuroendocrine regulation and behaviorNeurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior

Cited by 341

Oxytocin receptor gene ( OXTR ) is related to psychological resources

Saphire-Bernstein, S., Way, B. M., Kim, H. S., Sherman, D. K., & Taylor, S. E. (2011) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Neuroendocrine regulation and behaviorNeurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior

Cited by 262

Bridging the partisan divide: Self-affirmation reduces ideological closed-mindedness and inflexibility in negotiation.

Cohen, G. L., Sherman, D. K., Bastardi, A., Hsu, L., McGoey, M., & Ross, L. (2007) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Social and Intergroup PsychologyConflict Management and Negotiation

Cited by 239

Self‐Affirmation: Understanding the Effects

Sherman, D. K. (2013) · Social and Personality Psychology Compass

Death Anxiety and Social ExclusionSocial and Intergroup Psychology

Cited by 232

Psychological Barriers to Bipartisan Public Support for Climate Policy

Van Boven, L., Ehret, P. J., & Sherman, D. K. (2018) · Perspectives on Psychological Science

Climate Change Communication and PerceptionClimate Change Policy and Economics

Cited by 228

Affirmed yet unaware: Exploring the role of awareness in the process of self-affirmation.

Sherman, D. K., Cohen, G. L., Nelson, L. D., Nussbaum, A. D., Bunyan, D. P., & Garcia, J. (2009) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Death Anxiety and Social ExclusionSocial and Intergroup Psychology

Cited by 223

Does Self-Affirmation, Cognitive Processing, or Discovery of Meaning Explain Cancer-Related Health Benefits of Expressive Writing?

Creswell, J. D., Lam, S., Stanton, A. L., Taylor, S. E., Bower, J. E., & Sherman, D. K. (2007) · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Mental Health via WritingCancer survivorship and care

Cited by 174

Political polarization projection: Social projection of partisan attitude extremity and attitudinal processes.

Van Boven, L., Judd, C. M., & Sherman, D. K. (2012) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Social and Intergroup PsychologyElectoral Systems and Political Participation

Cited by 159

Self-affirmation facilitates minority middle schoolers' progress along college trajectories

Goyer, J. P., Garcia, J., Purdie-Vaughns, V., Binning, K. R., Cook, J. E., Reeves, S. L., Apfel, N., Taborsky-Barba, S., Sherman, D. K., & Cohen, G. L. (2017) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Higher Education Research StudiesCareer Development and Diversity

Cited by 102

Seeing the Other Side: Reducing Political Partisanship via Self‐Affirmation in the 2008 Presidential Election

Binning, K. R., Sherman, D. K., Cohen, G. L., & Heitland, K. (2010) · Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy

Social and Intergroup PsychologyElectoral Systems and Political Participation

Cited by 58

Reducing defensive distancing: Self-affirmation and risk regulation in response to relationship threats

Jaremka, L. M., Bunyan, D. P., Collins, N. L., & Sherman, D. K. (2011) · Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Death Anxiety and Social ExclusionAttachment and Relationship Dynamics

Cited by 56

Securing self-integrity over time: Self-affirmation disrupts a negative cycle between psychological threat and academic performance

Binning, K. R., Cook, J. E., Greenaway, V. P., Garcia, J., Apfel, N., Sherman, D. K., & Cohen, G. L. (2021) · Journal of Social Issues

Social and Intergroup PsychologyEducation, Achievement, and Giftedness

Cited by 25

Self-affirmation and motivational interviewing: integrating perspectives to reduce resistance and increase efficacy of alcohol interventions

Ehret, P. J., LaBrie, J. W., Santerre, C., & Sherman, D. K. (2015) · Health Psychology Review

Substance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesBehavioral Health and Interventions

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