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The moderating impact of self-esteem on self-affirmation effects.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Düring, Camilla Jessop, Donna C. |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Abstract | OBJECTIVES This study explored whether self-esteem would moderate the effectiveness of a self-affirmation manipulation at increasing openness to personally relevant health-risk information. DESIGN The study employed a prospective experimental design. METHOD Participants (N = 328) completed either a self-affirmation manipulation or a control task, prior to reading information detailing the health-related consequences of taking insufficient exercise. They then completed a series of measures assessing their cognitions towards exercise and their derogation of the information. Exercise behaviour was assessed at 1-week follow-up. RESULTS Self-esteem moderated the impact of self-affirmation on the majority of outcomes. For participants with low self-esteem, the self-affirmation manipulation resulted in more positive attitudes and intentions towards exercise, together with lower levels of derogation of the health-risk information. By contrast, there was no effect of the self-affirmation manipulation on outcomes for participants with high self-esteem. CONCLUSION Findings suggest that self-affirmation manipulations might be of particular benefit for those with low self-esteem in terms of promoting openness towards health-risk information. This is promising from a health promotion perspective, as individuals with low self-esteem often represent those most in need of intervention. Statement of contribution What is already known on this subject? Self-affirmation has been shown to result in more open processing of personally relevant health-risk information. Individuals low in self-esteem tend to process such information more defensively than those high in self-esteem. What does this study add? It explores whether self-esteem moderates the impact of self-affirmation on responses to health-risk information. Findings suggest that individuals with low self-esteem benefit most from the self-affirmation manipulation. This has important applied implications, as individuals with low self-esteem may be most in need of intervention. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1111/bjhp.12097 |
| PubMed reference number | 24674228 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 20 |
| Issue Number | 2 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/53561/1/D%C3%BCring,_Camilla.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12097 |
| Journal | British journal of health psychology |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
