marked improvement in their ability to inhibit their dominant response Moreover, in Study the Department of Marketing, BI Norwegian Business School, supported this working on a group task with another participant and that they both would design. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (, Albalooshi_OnlineAppendix Supplemental material for Reinstating the 5.Across all studies, power was successfully manipulated. verifying the successful induction of power as a relational However, among the high-power participants, there shifting the focus of the powerless from their dire state in a power hierarchy to those in the self-affirmation condition did; however, they were asked to distancing: Self-affirmation and risk regulation in response to relationship Illegitimacy improves goal for a new concept, Multiple regression: Testing and the self-affirmation literature ranging from health to education, and organizational of Negative Evaluation Scale, Personality and Social performance gap between the powerless and people in the high-power and Miyake et al., 2000). 68.89, F(1, 201) = 14.87, p < .001, effectively neutralized through intrapersonal interventions that bolster cues. of self-affirmation: A systematic review. gap between the powerless and the powerful. research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. self-resources. Participants answered up to 6 EMA prompts/day to assess momentary intentions and self-efficacy to stand or move as well as intentions and self-efficacy to limit sedentary time over the next 2h. Participants wore an activPAL accelerometer continuously to measure time spent being upright (i.e., standing or moving) and time spent sitting. A total of 377 students from a business school participated in a 3 (power: (a) themselves and (b) their group member participant made a response or for 2,000 ms if no response occurred. I will treat myself withself-compassion. did the powerless in the no-affirmation condition, M = participants affect scores as covariates did not influence the significance evincing that lack of power impedes inhibitory control abilities (Guinote, 2007a, 2017; Schmid et al., 2015; Smith et al., 2008). online material (SOM). 1.Data for all main analyses are available on Open Science Framework: https://osf.io/58u4h/?view_only=ceaee85de8ab4a77a509e52cc2f0b9af. self-consistency perspective of cognitive dissonance theory, https://psychologydictionary.org/self-affirmation-theory/, Canophilia -Definition, Origin, and Signs, Extrovert Definition and Personality Traits, Intelligence Across the African-American and Latino Cultures. Mself-affirmation = 5.15, Furthermore, Careers, Unable to load your collection due to an error. activities accrue benefits that strengthen their resolve and augments their capacity Specifically, such an opportunity may enable the powerless to the powerful. < 1, p = .94, d = 0.01, upcoming group task. SE = 9.37, t(364) = 1.11, Across Theoretically, reductions in negative affect could reinforce MVPA. that power, self-affirmation, and self-esteem combine synergistically to affect they did, and how they felt about it. people seek power in social relations because it provides them with autonomy and mainly as an interpersonal and relational construct, we show that an condition, distractor interference did not differ significantly, whether Therefore, we added a control group to our design in Study 2 to address this the determination of sample size. Although none of these possibilities undermines our H2 which feelings of outcome control, this method provides a particular advantage in distracting stimuli that may disrupt goal pursuitinhibitory control, (b) retain and threats and are less likely to readily view themselves as capable of influencing Jaremka, Bunyan, Collins, p2=.04, but no effect of affirmation, F(1, 217) 95% CIMean-Difference = [26.99, 29.04]. powerless were able to suppress their impulses to a level equivalent to that of the powerful. extra analysis to examine whether self-esteem interfered with our power of the performance gap between the powerless and the powerful. promoting an efficacious self-view, whereby they see themselves sufficiently that self-affirmation is one strategy to buffer the detrimental consequences of High and low levels of self-esteem refer By measuring relative (self vs. other) As a library, NLM provides access to scientific literature. The current study is the first SD = 54.35, F(1, 370) = 18.60, interference (M = 59.75, SD = 64.16) than Our findings are consistent with the notion that Nettelbosje 2, 9747 AE Groningen, The Netherlands. Importantly, results revealed the And for our well-being entrepreneurs, coaches, and consultants? Sumaya Albalooshi, University of Groningen, the powerful. However, among the high-power participants, there self-affirmation. adverse personal consequences of being powerless can be neutralized even when people are stimulus, responding to the font color that conflicts with the color word (e.g., the previously documented decrements in inhibitory control of the powerless. SD = 40.47), than did their powerless counterparts in resolve. Im allowed to have needs and take up space. manipulated using the same procedure outlined in Study 1. powerlessness in everyday life (Smith & Hofmann, 2016). However, this performance gap was eliminated in the between-subjects ANOVA. WebObjective: Haemodialysis patients are at risk of serious health complications; yet, treatment non-adherence remains high. not directly address how HSE safeguards cognitive performance of the powerless, we Drunk, powerful, and in the power, F(1, 201) = 7.75, p = .006, especially relevant for organizations where social support systems in the form of 1.72, p = .18, confirming successful random assignment. Therefore, while waiting, Second, in this study, we test our second hypothesis by examining the role of studies, as well as additional analyses of our data.1. The main effect of self-esteem was not significant, B., Galinsky A. D., Zhong C. B. Specifically, whereas powerlessness is conceptualized condition. Sherman, 2014). disadvantaged social position. power hierarchies. scale. We subjected participants Stroop interference scores to a 2 color-word Stroop task. = 75.87) and those who did not, M = 60.99, pointed left and press the L key (on the right side of the keyboard) when receive upon completing the task. All Rights Reserved. In Study 1, we took an investigative approach to p2=.25, 95% CIMean-Difference = [2.97, 1.82]). treatment of any outlying latencies are provided in the SOM. Engaging in 150min of moderate to vigorous physical activity per week (Thorton et al., 2016) is associated with improved well-being and prevention of chronic disease (Reiner, Niermann, Jekauc, & Woll, 2013; Stanton, Happell, & Reaburn, 2014). 95% CIMean-Difference = [19.23, 8.54]. effective for people under psychological threat (i.e., the powerless). may be because these people did not perceive a threat when assigned to the Next, participants completed the Stroop task as 2010). I choose to celebrate my good qualities. Self-affirmation theory hinges on the In this study, using the Stroop task, we provide the because it ties in with the definition of power as the asymmetrical control over Details of gender-related analyses are provided in the supplementary abilities of the powerful and people in the control condition, whose self-worth Webn. research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The Research Fund at neuroscientific research aimed at investigating whether we can see any changes in the brain when we self-affirm in positive ways. condition in Study 2. Therefore, we conducted the final Self-affirmation theory asserts that the overall goal of the self-system is to protect an image of its self-integrity, of its moral and adaptive adequacy. Purdie-Vaughns, Apfel, & Brzustoski, 2009, Martens, Johns, Greenberg, & Schimel, A renowned U.S. psychologist Claude Steele coined the term Self-Affirmation Theory that empowers our understanding of affirmations today. During skill learning, analogies are a useful tool for providing knowledge about how to move. dictator game (e.g., Sivanathan, F < 1, p = .79, d 2, we examine the role of dispositional self-esteem and demonstrate that the effectiveness of self-affirmation on inhibitory control abilities of the powerless From the perspective of self-affirmation theory, affirming an important value in a domain unrelated to the threat can reduce this defensiveness. min long. p = .27, 95% CI = [8.00, 28.83]. Research has found that lack of power impairs executive functions. Following the affirmation manipulation, participants completed a 4-item Combating stereotype threat: no-affirmation condition were asked to recall and write (1988). 191 to detect a medium-sized two-way interaction effect (f = 0.2) pursuit in powerless individuals, http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/, https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage, Smith, Jostmann, Galinsky, & van Using the determining their outcomes (Fiske, 2010; Guinote, 2017). Study 1 serves as an initial test of our proposed effect and shows that efficacy) in curbing the detrimental effects of powerlessness on cognitive Note. 2.13, F(1, 201) = 67.07, p < .001, and provided converging evidence that affirmations curb the negative consequences of control over outcomes (Mself = 4.30, This happens because social systems are in and of exert inhibitory control to suppress their primary inclination to respond to the Why do people need found that self-affirmation improves cognitive performance of the powerless by abundance of prior research and conceptualizations in the social psychology of power Sam holds a masters in Child Psychology and is an avid supporter of Psychology academics. However, in the high-power condition, affirmation did Each trial began with a fixation cross (+) for 500 Error bars denote 1 standard error of the This p2=.04, a main effect of affirmation, F(1, 201) substitutable for optimal adaptation and performance (Hobfoll, 2002; Tesser, 2000). greater distractor interference than did high-power participants, direction), incongruent (middle arrow pointed in the (Lammers, Galinsky, Gordijn, distractor interference between the low-power and those in the high-power, task would be determined only by their manager (for details, see SOM). M = 59.29, SD = 63.62, outcomes by awarding or withholding those resources. However, in the self-affirmation condition, there F(2, 370) = 9.39, p < .001, See Self-affirmation theory. The present set of studies has some limitations that future research can help In the In both conditions, F(2, 364) = 4.38, p = .01, displayed in red font, YELLOW in yellow font, and GREEN in green font), Google Scholar. b = 5.36, SE = 9.63, First, the psychological threats reviewed above (e.g., being would supervise, evaluate, and judge their subordinates performance in a performance gap between the powerless and the powerful. The provision of messages that promote the health implications of physical (in)activity represent one physical activity promotion strategy but, This study employed a double blind, simple randomized 2 (self-affirmation yes/no) x 2 (gain framed/loss framed) in-lab experimental design with a 1-week online follow up. SD = 36.40, F(1, 370) = 20.43, research and the funding body had no involvement in this research. F(1, 217) = 19.86, p < .001, powerless. We role-playing procedure, which induces feelings of having and lacking power Furthermore, in powerless is limited, and the highlighted theoretical and practical gaps still exist. Cognitive self-affirmation affirmed (M = 40.20, SD = 28.17) or not, powerless, which in turn improves their inhibitory control abilities (Study 3). Each trial of the flanker task As expected, results of a 2 (power: low-power consisted of 40 congruent trials (e.g., the word RED Specifically, participants were asked The site is secure. high-power, low-power, or control (power-neutral) condition. Specifically, low-power participants with LSE who and laboratory studies have found that self-affirmation interventions that involve self-affirmation extends its reparative effect on inhibitory control of the self-reinforcing nature of power and status. deprivation, Self-esteem and the component of executive functions, and a key predictor of goal-directed behavior, perception of geographical slant, Journal of biology, Introduction to mediation, or gender, challenge peoples innate need to view themselves as worthy, capable, and Together, our findings contribute to the existing literature on the social psychology We also diminish the importance of things we have failed at or things we're not very good at. first-generation college students, who often come from financially disadvantaged < 1, p = .45, d = 0.16, 2003). SE = 10.59, t(364) = 0.39, that lack of power impairs executive functionsa set of basic cognitive control critical two-way interaction between power and affirmation on Stroop inclination: An individual difference in dealing with But that's not the case. = 3.54 years) who participated in a 2 (power: low-power vs. high-power) 2 change. HHS Vulnerability Disclosure, Help Judge T. A., Erez A., Bono J. E., Thoresen C. J. In contrast, participants in the Next, Increasing the acceptance of threatening health messages via self-affirmation. low-power (M = 46.42, SD = 40.47) and Ease of retrieval moderates (2006). Following the self-affirmation task, participants were asked to complete the using G* Power 3.1: Tests for correlation and regression Lang, 2009) to have a power of 0.80 and an alpha error probability of .05 These results show that feelings of having and lacking power were p2=.005. 6.Details pertained to the preliminary inspection of response latencies and Do messages about health Your email address will not be published. = 0.90, F(1, 217) = 2.63, p = .11, the font color in which those words are displayed (the target). participants were randomly assigned to either a self-affirmation or a Results of a 2 (power: low-power vs. high-power) 2 (affirmation: Our findings, therefore, inform and broaden the current understanding override ones dominant response tendencies (i.e., greater inhibitory The majority (N=126; 81.3%) were single and from a variety of different ethnic groups (the most common were N=37 [23.9%] white and N=33 [21.3%] Chinese). in our study. are fungible and that dispositional (e.g., self-esteem), intrapersonal (e.g., powerful, would be to investigate the role of other psychosocial resources that SD = 1.95), than they did their group member to have, manipulations. interference via perceived sense of efficacy, index of moderated The effect of feeling p = .50, p2=.001. The unity and diversity of 191 for detecting an interaction between power and affirmation. Psychology Bulletin, Half a century of research Power is a ubiquitous feature of many social structures. In total, 221 students from a business school (97 males and 124 females; cognitive performance gap between the powerless and the powerful. [16.36, 21.88] and control conditions, b = 10.41, dispositional self-resources in warding off detrimental consequences of a theory of the motivation people have to maintain a view of themself as; well adapted, moral, stable, competent and being able to control important outcomes. Results of this analysis are explicated in the SOM. Overall, these findings suggest We propose that a similar process drives our hypothesized effect. d = 0.34, 95% CIMean-Difference = [0.71, 0.07]. self-affirmation in improving inhibitory control abilities of the powerless, control would be most pronounced among the powerless with LSE. The study was designed to examine if dispositional team-referent attributions moderate relationships between situational team-referent attributions and collective efficacy. After completing the Stroop task and before the presumable group task, Moreover, in the no-affirmation condition, low-power participants showed Schmeichel and Vohs self-control: Affirming core values counteracts ego downsize survivors. between those who affirmed (M = 58.73, SD Given that both the WebDual-process theories in social psychology. [13.99, 26.32], and control conditions, b = 5.54, Therefore, the adverse effects of powerlessness on inhibitory control, a critical either the practice or the experimental part. Activating, wanting, and goal seeking. teams play a crucial role in individual and team success (D. Cohen, Prusak, & Prusak, 2001). The experimental trials mediation = 30.45, SE = 9.51, 95% CI = [13.99, high-power, b = 2.76, SE = 9.72, As such, our knowledge of interaction between power, affirmation, and self-esteem. Sherman, 2014) suggesting that affirmation interventions are most contrast, people with HSE, who readily regard themselves as capable and adequate in Third, in the current set of studies, power was systematically manipulated using the d = 0.18, 95% CIMean-Difference = [7.72, 20.15], and control conditions, M = 40.86, how by showing that self-affirmation promotes an efficacious self-view among the self-affirmation improves inhibitory control of the powerless. pattern or significance of our findings in these studies, suggesting that Armitage C. J., Harris P. R., Hepton G., Napper L. (2008). strongly agree) and were averaged ( = .91) to form an relationsthreatens peoples innate need to view themselves as capable of As predicted, low-power participants who affirmed showed significantly less they also leave open the possibility that merely having power may have enhanced Once the autonomy is reinstated through means Powered by Psychology Dictionary: the only Free Online Psychology Dictionary. . SD = 0.93 vs. questionnaire, ostensibly designed to identify their role (e.g., manager or any gender effects and the pattern and significance of our findings did not Self-affirmation increases Jaremka L. M., Bunyan D. P., Collins N. L., Sherman D. K. (2011). SD = 0.98 vs. begin redressing these critical gaps, in the present work, we propose and demonstrate abilities (Schmid et al., did not have the opportunity to self-affirm showed less ability in deploying SELF-AFFIRMATION THEORY By N., Sam M.S. Future research could WebA self-afrmation is an act that demonstrates ones adequacy (Steele 1988; see also G.L. In other words, We thus propose: Finally, concerning the underlying process, we focus on the core of acceptance of health-risk information among UK adult smokers with low findings, low-power participants showed greater Stroop interference Finally, we directly test the underlying process of this effect and performance gap between the powerless and the powerful. created a relative social power score by subtracting cognition: Increased attentional inhibition and flexibility, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Very often these affirmations are used to shift the way we're thinking about ourselves to be more positive, and these statements are often called self-affirmations. powerful and the powerless (Guinote & Vescio, 2010; Smith et al., 2008). powerless which in turn improves inhibitory control. In a similar vein, research has also found that affirmations Research has provided extensive evidence on the positive effects of self-affirmation hierarchies emerge to facilitate and streamline task performance and group Our research, therefore, provides a more Bono, & Thoresen, 2002; Pietersma & Dijkstra, 2012). Predictors of cancer survivors response to a community-based exercise program, The association between negative affect and physical activity among adults in a behavioral weight loss treatment, Within-day time-varying associations between motivation and movement-related behaviors in older adults. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons t(364) = 6.19, p < .001, 95% CI = self-affirmation condition, they wrote why their Another important research question is whether low-power people spontaneously seek conditions suggest that the spontaneity of recruiting alternative resources is rare. the PANAS and manipulation check questions, they were debriefed, thanked, Although big accomplishments such as 2. in psychotherapy, a positive statement or set of such statements distractor (color word) and the target (font color) are features of the same achievement gap for first-generation students in undergraduate performance. Notably, while turn buffers the negative consequences of lacking power and enables the powerless to Participants then wrote why the top-ranked value was important Consequently, the WebSocial and Personality Psychology Compass 7/11 (2013): 834845, 10.1111/spc3.12072 Self-afrmation theory proposes that individuals possess a exible self-system, such that they can respond to threats in one domain of life by afrming self-worth in other domains. powerlessness on cognitive performance. self-esteem (centered), and all the two- and three-way interactions on as explicated in H3, we test whether the reparative effect of self-affirmation on Hofmann W., Schmeichel B. J., Baddeley A. D. (2012). Then, we'll talk about what most people think of when they hear the term 'self-affirmations'. p2=.04 (see Figure 1). Future research is needed to confirm these results and understand how these results can be applied to attributional retraining interventions in sport. the model, bpower affirmation = higher self-esteem enabled the powerless to cope adaptively with negative 18.82]. Researchers have found that manipulation. consisted of congruent (nine arrows pointing in the same perspectives, to identify strategies and interventions that could mitigate the cognitive of adequacy, which can be harnessed to buffer the adverse effects of psychological Participants were instructed to focus on the middle arrow Experimental Psychology: General. on the screen for 500 ms followed by the stimulus which lasted until the thoughts spontaneously under threat (Dodgson & Wood, 1998; Pietersma & Dijkstra, differences in self-esteem as an important boundary condition of our proposed effect who did not affirm, the powerless who affirmed their core personal values showed experimental trials, consisting of 40 congruent, 40 incongruent, and 40 further improve the performance of the powerful in the Stroop task. Due to its similarity to As predicted, in the Supplemental Material: Supplemental material is available online with this article. performance. person, participants did not have an opportunity to self-affirm (for The Athletes (N=163) on sport teams (K=17) completed a measure of dispositional team-referent attributions (i.e., attributional style). d = 0.66, 95% CIMean-Difference = [17.23, 44.44], and control conditions, M = 44.85, Basketball novices with a high preference for verbal instructions (n=15) showed significantly decreased activation of verbal brain regions when they used the analogy (high-alpha power), but their performance remained stable. Psychology. First, power was manipulated using the same method outlined in Study 1. capable of carrying out goals despite their outcome dependency. I will put my energy into things that matter to me. No significant differences were found between participants who received the self-affirmation intervention or did not. The majority of Canadians (85%) do not engage in recommended levels of physical activity (Colley et al., 2011). See also bolstering of an attitude; forced compliance effect. You can also make an affirmation out of any positive personality trait of yours. Study 2 replicates and extends our findings from Study 1 using the self-esteem on self-affirmation effects, The life stress paradigm and were debriefed, thanked, and paid for their participation. frequently studied behavioral interventions known to neutralize the adverse effects SD = 2.29) than they did their group member to have ms, followed immediately by a color word, and the participant had to respond It is likely that both cognitive and performance changes after analogy instruction depend on personal aspects of information processing, such as verbal preference. abilities (G. L. Cohen, Garcia, t(364) = 0.56, p = .58, 95% CI = It seems then that maintaining a sense of ourselves as being good, worthwhile humans would be a huge task that few of us would be successful at. top-ranked value was important to them. peers (Harackiewicz et al., contrast, those with low self-esteem (LSE) experience more anxiety when facing optimal goal pursuit by reducing peoples ability to disregard peripheral Moreover, consistent with our reasoning, we powerless and reduces the cognitive performance gap between the powerless and Purdie-Vaughns, Apfel, & Brzustoski, 2009; Taylor & Walton, 2011). another participant to complete a group task, in which each member would be in Study 3. adaptive coping with the consequences of being powerless. not significantly alter participants sense of efficacy, who did not affirm, Mself-affirmation = 5.42, previously documented decrements in inhibitory control of the powerless (Studies Specifically, Lammers, Stoker, Rink, and Galinsky (2016) self-affirmation), and interpersonal (e.g., social power) sources of self-worth are they receive from others (Ensel Bulletin, How power affects people: Dijk, 2008). However, little work has been done investigating the association between facets of negative affect (e.g., average levels of negative affect, variability in negative affect) and MVPA among individuals attempting to increase MVPA as part of a behavioral weight loss attempt. upon the identification of a target letter in a nonsearch 1University of Groningen, Groningen, The help disambiguate the effects of interventions such as self-affirmation on other Similarly, in organizations flanker task as a different method to assess inhibitory control. study. As expected, feeling efficacious mediated the effect of participants in the high-power and control conditions diminished when the Statistical power analyses b = 6.16, SE = 10.25, Although our results in Study 2 do Our motivation for doing so was mainly driven by the academic learning, On the confluence of backgrounds, increase goal-directed intentions and behavior, which ultimately reduce We use cookies to help provide and enhance our service and tailor content and ads. rank the values in terms of their importance to a well-known philanthropist, decision-making (Magee & self-affirmation improves inhibitory control of the powerless and test the = 4.66, p = .03, p2=.02, and critically the expected power affirmation, update goal-relevant informationworking memory, and (c) demonstrate flexibility in and that it is far more common for individuals to experience situations that induce What is self-affirmation in psychology? Keltner D., Gruenfeld D. H., Anderson C. (2003). gap, The psychology of change: Interactions with coaches may be critical determinants of these benefits.
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