Department of Communication Science, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Psychol Health. 2009 Jul;24(6):635-49. doi: 10.1080/08870440802340156.
The aim of the present study was to examine whether self-affirmation promotes acceptance of threatening type 2 diabetes information and risk-testing behaviour. In an experimental study (N = 84), we manipulated self-affirmation by allowing participants to affirm a value that was either personally important or unimportant to them, and measured participants' risk level prior to reading threatening type 2 diabetes information. As dependent variables, we measured message derogation, intentions to do an online type 2 diabetes risk test and online risk-testing behaviour. Findings showed that self-affirmation decreased message derogation, increased intentions to do an online risk test and promoted online risk test taking among at-risk participants. Among participants not at-risk, self-affirmation decreased intentions and online risk test taking. Therefore, it is concluded, that for an at-risk population self-affirmation can decrease defensive responses to threatening health information and promote (online) risk test taking for diseases.
本研究旨在探讨自我肯定是否能促进对威胁性 2 型糖尿病信息的接受和风险测试行为。在一项实验研究中（N = 84），我们通过允许参与者肯定对他们个人重要或不重要的价值观来操纵自我肯定，并在阅读威胁性 2 型糖尿病信息之前测量参与者的风险水平。作为因变量，我们测量了信息贬低、进行在线 2 型糖尿病风险测试的意愿以及在线风险测试行为。研究结果表明，自我肯定降低了信息贬低，增加了高危参与者进行在线风险测试的意愿，并促进了他们进行在线风险测试。在非高危参与者中，自我肯定降低了他们进行在线风险测试的意愿和行为。因此，可以得出结论，对于高危人群，自我肯定可以减少对威胁性健康信息的防御反应，并促进（在线）对疾病的风险测试。
