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Developing and Testing a Self-affirmation Manipulation
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We developed a new manipulation of self-affirmation that is simple to use, can be employed when circumstances prevent pre-screening or using essay-based methods, and has a highly equivalent control task. In the process, we addressed theoretical and empirical questions highlighted in a recent review as requiring attention. In comparison to five controls, the manipulation promoted positive changes on measures designed to test whether people are self-affirmed. It produced a similar pattern on these measures to an existing self-affirmation manipulation. The matched control also performed well. There was no evidence of mediation by mood or state self-esteem or moderation by trait self-esteem. We discuss the potential of the method and associated dependent measures in future self-affirmation research.
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“Self-affirmation interventions typically have people write about core personal values.”
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“Although many inductions of self-affirmation exist, the most studied experimental manipulation has people write about core personal values (McQueen & Klein 2006;cf. Napper et al. 2009).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Napper, L., Harris, P. R., & Epton, T.
- Affiliations
- University of Sheffield (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Harris, Peter R.
- Venue
- Self and Identity
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2009-01
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 45-62
- ISSN
- 1529-8868 (ISSN-L)
- 1529-8876
- OpenAlex
- W2159932272
- Cited by
- 123
- References
- 30
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 11 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 4.46
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Self and Identity (publishedVersion)
- White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) (submittedVersion)
- Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) (submittedVersion)
- 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, prescreening, mood, state self-esteem, trait self-esteem, mediation
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