Science news articles about 'self affirmation'

A patient education program that included self-affirmation and positive affect in the form of occasional gifts significantly increased medication adherence among African Americans with high blood ...

... non-dominant hand can measurably reduce a person's self-confidence. The authors call this the "shaken ... dominant hand) who didn't get to self-affirm with the essay were more likely to choose the healthy ...

... and uncertainty, many Americans turn to self-help books in search of encouragement, guidance and self-affirmation. The positive self-statements suggested in these books, such as "I am a lovable person ...

... University were co-authors on the study. "In our original study we uncovered evidence that this self-affirming intervention improved the performance of African-Americans in a single academic term," ...

... with those who read about Schwarzenegger shouldering the responsibility. Another experiment found that self-affirmation inoculated participants from blame. The tendency for blame to spread was ...