Reducing defensive distancing: Self-affirmation and risk regulation in response to relationship threats
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A standard affirmation reduced the defensive distancing strategies that low-self-esteem people in long-term relationships use to regulate the risk of losing the affection of their partner.
“In one study, a standard affirmation reduced the defensive distancing strategies that low-self-esteem people in long-term relationships use to regulate the risk of losing the affection of their partner”
From The Psychology of Change: Self-Affirmation and Social Psychological Intervention (2014) · cites this paper as Jaremka et al. 2011
After a standard relationship threat induction, affirmed low-self-esteem participants proved less prone to derogate their partner and to contemplate relationship-sabotaging behaviors such as starting arguments.
“After a standard relationship threat induction-thinking about personal traits they wanted to keep secret from their partner-affirmed low-self-esteem participants proved less prone to derogate their partner and to contemplate relationship-sabotaging behaviors such as starting arguments.”
From The Psychology of Change: Self-Affirmation and Social Psychological Intervention (2014) · cites this paper as Jaremka et al. 2011
Low-self-esteem participants act more defensive in some contexts.
“Low-self-esteem participants act more defensive in some contexts ( Jaremka et al. 2011), whereas high-self-esteem people act more defensive in others (Landau & Greenberg 2006; see also Aronson 1969).”
From The Psychology of Change: Self-Affirmation and Social Psychological Intervention (2014) · cites this paper as Jaremka et al. 2011
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“In the academic domain, self-affirmations have been shown to inhibit negative recursive processes, leading to better grades over time amongminority students (Cohen et al., 2009).”
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- Authors
- Jaremka, L. M., Bunyan, D. P., Collins, N. L., & Sherman, D. K.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Santa Barbara (US)
- Corresponding author
- Jaremka, Lisa M.
- Venue
- Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2011-01
- Volume
- 47
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 264-268
- ISSN
- 0022-1031 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2150826113
- Cited by
- 56
- References
- 4
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 2.19
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Keywords
- self-affirmation, risk regulation, relationship threat, self-esteem, self-threat, intimate relationships, self-worth, self-integrity
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