Self-Affirmation Reduces Biased Processing of Health-Risk Information

Reed, Mark B.; Aspinwall, Lisa G.

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Self-Affirmation Reduces Biased Processing of Health-Risk Information

Reed, Mark B., Aspinwall, Lisa G.·1998·Motivation and Emotion

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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 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
Self-affirmation may promote more positive health behaviors by making people more open to information that they are engaging in risky health behaviors.
“Indirectly, it may promote more positive health behaviors by making people more open to information that they are engaging in risky health behaviors (Harris & Napper, 2005;Reed & Aspinwall, 1998;Sherman et al., 2000).”
From The psychology of self-defense: Self-affirmation theory (2006) · cites this paper as Reed & Aspinwall, 1998

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Authors: Reed, M. B., & Aspinwall, L. G.
Affiliations: University of Maryland, College Park (US)
ORCID: Reed, Mark B.
Aspinwall, Lisa G.
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: www.springernature.com/gp/researchers/text-and-data-mining (tdm)
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Locations: Motivation and Emotion (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Literature and Literary Theory › 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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