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Self-Affirmation: Protecting the Self and Protecting Subjective Well-Being

Schüz, N., & Schüz, B. (2017) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-58763-9_16 · Cited by 6 · see citing works

Ends Over Means: Self-Affirmation Strengthens Attitudinal and Weakens Perceived Control Effects on Behavioral Intention

Zhu, X., & Yzer, M. C. (2017) · Media Psychology · doi:10.1080/15213269.2017.1282875 · Cited by 6 · see citing works

Enhancing well‐being and alleviating depressive symptoms in people with HIV/AIDS: An intervention based on if–then plans with self‐affirming cognitions

Łakuta, P., Krankowska, D. C., Marcinkiewicz, P., Bociąga‐Jasik, M., & Komorska‐Błażewicz, A. (2022) · Applied Psychology Health and Well-Being · doi:10.1111/aphw.12357 · Cited by 6 · see citing works

Testing an Imagery Rescripting Exercise Targeting Fear of Self

Cooper, D. D. J., Wong, S. F., & Grisham, J. R. (2024) · Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy · doi:10.1891/jcp-2023-0023 · Cited by 5 · see citing works

Morality or competence? The importance of affirming the appropriate dimension of self‐integrity

Jessop, D. C., SPARKS, P. B., Jessop, L., Dodds, L., & Lynch, S. B. (2016) · British Journal of Health Psychology · doi:10.1111/bjhp.12209 · Cited by 5 · see citing works

From a terror management perspective: The efficacy of self-affirmation on organ donation-related thoughts and intentions in China

Wang, X. (2020) · Journal of Social Psychology · doi:10.1080/00224545.2020.1726858 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Unhealthy food preferences: A psychological consequence of poverty?

Thomas, D. (2021) · Journal of Consumer Affairs · doi:10.1111/joca.12422 · Cited by 5 · see citing works

Self-affirmation impacts behavioral intentions but not preferences for delayed outcomes

Sweeney, A. M., & Freitas, A. L. (2016) · Journal of Experimental Social Psychology · doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2015.09.005 · Cited by 5 · see citing works

Effects of a self-affirmation intervention on responses to bowel cancer screening information

Travis, E., Ashley, L., & O'Connor, D. B. (2024) · Psychology and Health · doi:10.1080/08870446.2024.2332265 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Comparing self-affirmation manipulations to reduce alcohol consumption in university students

Vogt, K. S., Stephenson, J. R., & Norman, P. E. (2021) · Journal of American College Health · doi:10.1080/07448481.2021.1968409 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Exploring the Relationship Among Self-Affirmation, Self-Concept Clarity and Reduced Defensiveness to Threats

Cerully, J. (2011) · D-Scholarship@Pitt (University of Pittsburgh) · Cited by 5 · see citing works

The relationship between individual differences in spontaneous self-affirmation and affect associated with self-weighing

Webb, T. L., Benn, Y., Chang, B. P. I., Reynolds, J. P., Sirois, F. M., Assinnari, A., & Harris, P. R. (2020) · Journal of Research in Personality · doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2020.104020 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

If you cannot beat them, join them: How social comparison shapes consumer responses to low–high social status brand alliance

Meng, L. (., Chen, J., Yang, M., & Jiang, Y. (2025) · Journal of Business Research · doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115925 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

Leveraging Motivations to Curb Misinformation

Saucier, C. J., Calabrese, C., & Walter, N. (2025) · Journal of Media Psychology Theories Methods and Applications · doi:10.1027/1864-1105/a000481 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

Does other‐affirmation increase self‐directed exposure to and persuasiveness of a threatening anti‐alcohol message?

Brown, S. L., Chen, X., Coakley, R. G., Hlabangana, N., Oakley, E., & Trenholme, S. (2019) · British Journal of Health Psychology · doi:10.1111/bjhp.12365 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

Initiating salary negotiations: a mixed-methods study into the effects of gender, shame and pay-raise justifications

Nelson, N., Kalfon-Hakhmigari, M., & Horesh, N. (2022) · International Journal of Conflict Management · doi:10.1108/ijcma-02-2022-0025 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

Evidence of Delayed, Recursive Benefits of Self-Affirmation on Anxiety in Socially Anxious University Students

O'Brien, K., Sukovieff, A., & Johnson, E. A. (2021) · Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology · doi:10.1521/jscp.2021.40.6.534 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

Changing university students’ alcohol use with a web-based intervention: evidence from a randomized controlled trial

Andrade, S. B., Greve, J., & Lesner, R. V. (2024) · Journal of Public Health · doi:10.1007/s10389-024-02302-2 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

Conspiracy theories and self-worth: can self-affirmation help explain the adoption of conspiracy theories?

Saucier, C. J., & Walter, N. (2025) · Human Communication Research · doi:10.1093/hcr/hqaf012 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

Using ICT to overcome barriers to behaviour change and implement lifestyle interventions

Fielden, A. L. (2011) · International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare · doi:10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2011.246100 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

Self-Affirmation through WeChat Moments

Wen, X.-L., Liu, Y., & Ni, Y.-K. (2019) · Psychology · doi:10.4236/psych.2019.103026

The Causes and Effects of Inferences of Impression Management in Consumption

Pancer, E. (2013) · QSpace (Queen's University Library) · Cited by 2 · see citing works

Investor’s Intrinsic Motives and the Valence of Word-of-Mouth in Sequential Decision-Making: Modeling of Triple Serial Mediation

Ahmad, F. (2023) · Journal of Behavioral Finance · doi:10.1080/15427560.2022.2138392 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Testing a brief, self-guided values affirmation for behavioral activation intervention during COVID-19

Kibbey, M. M., DiBello, A. M., Fedorenko, E. J., & Farris, S. G. (2024) · Cognitive Behaviour Therapy · doi:10.1080/16506073.2024.2339315 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

[학술논문] Developing and Testing a Self-affirmation Manipulation

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Experimental manipulations of self-affirmation: A systematic review

MCQueen, A., & Klein, W. M. P. (2006) · Self and Identity · doi:10.1080/15298860600805325 · Cited by 563 · see citing works

Effects of a self-affirmation manipulation on different tasksPreprint

Gieseler, K., & Friese, M. (2020) · doi:10.17605/osf.io/zf6j5

Testing multiple means of self‐affirmation

Armitage, C. J., & Rowe, R. (2011) · British Journal of Psychology · doi:10.1111/j.2044-8295.2010.02014.x · Cited by 46 · see citing works

Do self-affirmation manipulations reduce self-directed negative emotion?

Powell, P. A., Hobson, L., Simpson, J., & Overton, P. G. (2013) · Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University) · Cited by 3 · see citing works