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Self-Affirmation Reduces Biased Processing of Health-Risk Information

Reed, Mark B., Aspinwall, Lisa G.·1998·Motivation and Emotion
DOI 10.1023/a:1021463221281
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  • However, in some studies, affirmed participants fail to make the behavioral changes that they predict they will.

    “However, in some studies, affirmed participants fail to make the behavioral changes that they predict they will (Harris et al. 2007, Harris & Napper 2005, Reed & Aspinwall 1998; for a review, see Harris & Epton 2010).”

    From The Psychology of Change: Self-Affirmation and Social Psychological Intervention (2014) · cites this paper as Reed & Aspinwall 1998

  • Positive affect facilitates attention to negative, self-relevant information.

    “Evidence supporting this claim can be drawn from experiments showing that positive affect facilitates attention to negative, self-relevant information (Reed & Aspinwall, 1998; Trope & Neter, 1994; Trope & Pomerantz, 1998; for a review, see Aspinwall, 1998).”

    From The role of positive emotions in positive psychology: The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions. (2001) · cites this paper as Reed & Aspinwall, 1998

  • Positive psychological constructs appear to affect attention and cognitive processing.

    “Positive psychological constructs appear to affect attention and cognitive processing.”

    From Positive Psychological Interventions for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: Rationale, Theoretical Model, and Intervention Development (2015) · cites this paper as [37]

  • Positive experiences and cognitions can help people better attend to and process health information, including unbiased and open appraisal of negative health information.

    “Positive experiences and cognitions can help people better attend to and process health information [37], including unbiased and open appraisal of negative health information [56].”

    From Positive Psychological Interventions for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: Rationale, Theoretical Model, and Intervention Development (2015) · cites this paper as [37]

  • In the Reed and Aspinwall (1998) study, heavy caffeine consumers who were affirmed oriented more rapidly to risk-confirming information, viewed it as more convincing, and recalled less risk-disconfirming information at a one-week follow-up.

    “The heavy caVeine consumers who were aYrmed oriented more rapidly to the risk-confirming information, that is, they looked at this information more quickly and viewed it as more convincing.Furthermore, the aYrmed heavy caVeine consumers recalled less risk-disconfirming information at a one-week follow-up.”

    From The psychology of self-defense: Self-affirmation theory (2006) · cites this paper as Reed & Aspinwall, 1998

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  1. Aspinwall, L. G., & Brunhart, S. M. (in press). What I do know won't hurt me: Optimism, attention to negative information, coping, and health. In J. Gillham (Ed.), Volume in honor of Martin Seligman's contributions to the science of optimism, hope, and resiliency. Philadelphia: Templeton Foundation.
  2. Breznitz, S. (1983). The seven kinds of denial. In S. Breznitz (Ed.), The denial of stress (pp. 257–286). New York: International Universities Press.
  3. Isen, A. M. (in press). Positive affect. In T. Dagleish & M. Powers (Eds.), Handbook of cognition and emotion. London: Wiley.
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  7. Tesser, A., Martin, L. L., & Cornell, D. P. (1996). On the substitutability of self-protective mechanisms. In P. M. Gollwitzer & J. A. Bargh (Eds.), The psychology of action: Linking cognition and motivation to behavior (pp. 48–68). New York: Guilford Press.
  8. Trope, Y. (1986). Self-assessment, self-enhancement, and achievement behavior. In R. M. Sorrentino & E. T. Higgins (Eds.), Handbook of motivation and cognition (pp. 350–378). New York: Guilford Press.

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Authors
Reed, M. B., & Aspinwall, L. G.
Affiliations
University of Maryland, College Park (US)
ORCID
Venue
Motivation and Emotion
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
1998-06
Volume
22
Issue
2
Pages
99-132
ISSN
  • 0146-7239 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-6644
DOI
10.1023/a:1021463221281
OpenAlex
W149926111
Cited by
374
References
104
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 18 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 15 · 2018: 15 · 2017: 16 · 2016: 24 · 2015: 16 · 2014: 26 · 2013: 18 · 2012: 15
FWCI
7.31
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
Locations
Motivation and Emotion (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Social Sciences › Communication › Media Influence and Health
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
Keywords
self-affirmation, confirmation bias, self-relevant information, caffeine consumption, fibrocystic breast disease, perceived personal control, self-regulation, risk perception

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