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The Psychology of Self-Affirmation: Sustaining the Integrity of the Self

Steele, Claude M.·1988·Advances in Experimental Social Psychology
DOI 10.1016/s0065-2601(08)60229-4
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  • Psychological threat represents an inner alarm that arouses vigilance and the motive to reaffirm the self.

    “Psychological threat represents an inner alarm that arouses vigilance and the motive to reaffirm the self (Steele 1988).”

    From The Psychology of Change: Self-Affirmation and Social Psychological Intervention (2014) · cites this paper as Steele 1988

  • The postulate that people are motivated to maintain self-integrity rests at the center of self-affirmation theory.

    “The postulate that people are motivated to maintain self-integrity rests at the center of selfaffirmation theory (Steele 1988; see also Sherman & Cohen 2006).”

    From The Psychology of Change: Self-Affirmation and Social Psychological Intervention (2014) · cites this paper as Steele 1988

  • Threats to this image evoke psychological threat.

    “Threats to this image evoke psychological threat (see Steele 1988, Sherman & Cohen 2006).”

    From The Psychology of Change: Self-Affirmation and Social Psychological Intervention (2014) · cites this paper as Steele 1988

  • People have a basic need to maintain the integrity of the self, a global sense of personal adequacy.

    “People have a basic need to maintain the integrity of the self, a global sense of personal adequacy.”

    From The Psychology of Change: Self-Affirmation and Social Psychological Intervention (2014) · cites this paper as Steele 1988

  • Even small inputs into the self-system can have large effects, because a healthy self-system is motivated to maintain integrity and generate affirming meanings.

    “Even small inputs into the self-system can have large effects, because a healthy self-system is motivated to maintain integrity and generate affirming meanings (Steele 1988; see also Sherman & Cohen 2006).”

    From The Psychology of Change: Self-Affirmation and Social Psychological Intervention (2014) · cites this paper as Steele 1988

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Authors
Steele, C. M.
Affiliations
University of Washington (US)
Corresponding author
Steele, Claude M.
Venue
Advances in Experimental Social Psychology
Publisher
Elsevier
Published
1988
Pages
261-302
ISSN
0065-2601 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/s0065-2601(08)60229-4
OpenAlex
W1935421882
Cited by
3,697
References
66
Citations by year
2026: 98 · 2025: 130 · 2024: 125 · 2023: 134 · 2022: 226 · 2021: 152 · 2020: 185 · 2019: 166 · 2018: 158 · 2017: 178 · 2016: 174 · 2015: 163 · 2014: 149 · 2013: 147 · 2012: 163
FWCI
26.44
Type
book chapter
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Advances in experimental social psychology (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
Keywords
self-affirmation, self-integrity, self-regard, self-threat, coping, rationalization, self-conception, self-concept

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