ArticlePsychology & health2016
Associations of spontaneous self-affirmation with health care experiences and health information seeking in a national survey of US adults.
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- Just a Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Messages Go Down: Using Stories and Vicarious Self-Affirmation to Reduce e-Cigarette Use.Health communication · 2019Trial
- [A gendered perspective of information behaviors, its drivers, and barriers : Results of an online survey of a sample stratified for the German population].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2023Article
- Within- and between-person relationships between spontaneous self-affirmations, coping style, and wellbeing.Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress · 2022Article
- Information Avoidance, Self-affirmation, and Intentions to Receive Genomic Sequencing Results Among Members of an African Descent Cohort.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2022Article
- A psychological health support scheme for medical teams in COVID-19 outbreak and its effectiveness.General psychiatry · 2020Article
- Interest in and reactions to genetic risk information: The role of implicit theories and self-affirmation.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2017Article
- Self-Regulation Principles Underlying Risk Perception and Decision Making within the Context of Genomic Testing.Social and personality psychology compass · 2017Article
- Self-affirmation increases defensiveness toward health risk information among those experiencing negative emotions: Results from two national samples.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2017Article
- Optimism and Spontaneous Self-affirmation are Associated with Lower Likelihood of Cognitive Impairment and Greater Positive Affect among Cancer Survivors.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2016Article
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Abstract
objectiveSelf-affirming--such as by reflecting on one's strengths and values--reduces defensiveness to threatening information, reduces negative effects of stereotype threat and promotes prosociality. These outcomes may promote physical health, highlighting a need to examine the role of self-affirmation in medical and health contexts.
designData were collected as part of the nationally representative, cross-sectional, 2013 Health Information National Trends Survey. Items were completed by 2731 respondents.
main outcome measuresRespondents answered questions about spontaneous self-affirmation tendencies, perceptions of providers and health care, involvement in medical appointments, health information seeking and engagement in medical research.
resultsSpontaneous self-affirmation was associated with more positive perceptions of communication with one's provider, better perceived quality of care, greater likelihood of asking questions in a medical appointment, greater information seeking for oneself and multiple indices of surrogate information seeking (i.e. seeking information for others). Four of eight significant associations remained significant when controlling for optimism. The associations of self-affirmation with aspects of the patient-provider relationship were not modified by factors likely to be associated with stereotype threat (e.g. race or BMI).
conclusionSpontaneous self-affirmation was related to positive outcomes in health contexts. Experimental research is needed to further explore the causal nature of these associations.
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