Stinson et al., 2011: Affirming values increased security and confidence in personal relationships among insecure college students over two months
Reference:
Stinson, D. A., Logel, C., Shepherd, S., & Zanna, M. P. (2011). Rewriting the self-fulfilling prophecy of social rejection: self-affirmation improves relational security and social behavior up to 2 months later. Psychological Science, 22(9), 1145-1149.
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College students who felt insecure in their personal relationships felt more secure in their relationships and showed more confident social behavior 2-4 weeks after a values-affirmation, and this contributed to similar improvements another 4 weeks later.
Psychological Process:
What Desired Meaning is At Stake?
What is the Person Trying to Understand?
To See the Self as AdequateApproach to Desired Meaning
What about it?
Remedy Threats to Self-Integrity that Undermine FunctioningHow?
Psychological Question Addressed
Am I under threat, because I have trouble getting along with important people?Am I under threat, because I have trouble getting along with important people?Psychological Question Addressed
Am I under threat, because I have trouble getting along with important people?Psychological Process 2:
Psychological Process 3:
Social Area:
Interpersonal relationships and behavior
Intervention Technique:
Active reflection, values-affirmation