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What drives self-affirmation effects? On the importance of differentiating value affirmation and attribute affirmation.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Stapel, Diederik A. Linde, Lonneke A. J. G. Van Der |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Abstract | In a series of studies, it is demonstrated that different types of self-affirmation procedures produce different effects. Affirming personally important values (value affirmation) increases self-clarity but not self-esteem. Affirming positive qualities of the self (attribute affirmation) increases self-esteem but not self-clarity (Study 1). As a consequence, attribute affirmation (which increases self-esteem) is more effective than value affirmation as a buffer against self-depreciating social comparison information. Attribute-affirmed participants more readily accept the self-evaluative consequences of threatening upward social comparisons than do value-affirmed participants (Study 2). However, value affirmation (which increases self-clarity) is a more effective buffer against dissonance threats. Value-affirmed participants showed less attitude change after writing a counterattitudinal essay than attribute-affirmed participants (Study 3). |
| Starting Page | 34 |
| Ending Page | 45 |
| Page Count | 12 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1037/a0023172 |
| PubMed reference number | 21463078 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 101 |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.communicationcache.com/uploads/1/0/8/8/10887248/what_drives_self-affirmation_effects_-__on_the_importance_of_differentiating_value_affirmation_and_attribute_affirmation.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1037/a0023172 |
| Journal | Journal of personality and social psychology |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
