Department of Psychology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
Motivation of Health Behaviours Lab, Appleton Institute, School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.
Stress Health. 2022 Dec;38(5):940-949. doi: 10.1002/smi.3145. Epub 2022 Mar 30.
Self-affirmations-responding to self-threatening information by reflecting on positive values or strengths-help to realign working self-concept and may support adaptive coping and wellbeing. Little research has been undertaken on spontaneous self-affirmations in response to everyday threats, and less has been undertaken on the relationships between spontaneous self-affirmations, coping, and wellbeing. This study aimed to test both within- and between-person relationships between spontaneous self-affirmations, coping, and wellbeing, controlling for threat intensity and other outcomes. A repeated survey assessment design was adopted to achieve these aims. Outcome measures included approach coping, avoidance coping, positive affect, negative affect, and eudaimonic wellbeing. It was found that spontaneous self-affirmations positively predicted approach coping and positive affect at both within- and between-person levels, and eudaimonic wellbeing at the between-person level. Overall, spontaneous self-affirmations were positively associated with approach coping and aspects of wellbeing.
自我肯定——通过思考积极的价值观或优势来应对自我威胁的信息——有助于重新调整工作自我概念,并可能支持适应性应对和幸福感。针对日常生活威胁中自发的自我肯定的研究较少,而针对自发的自我肯定、应对方式和幸福感之间的关系的研究则更少。本研究旨在检验自发的自我肯定、应对方式和幸福感之间的个体内和个体间关系,同时控制威胁强度和其他结果。采用重复调查评估设计来实现这些目标。结果测量包括接近应对、回避应对、积极情绪、消极情绪和幸福。研究发现,自发的自我肯定在个体内和个体间水平上都积极预测了接近应对和积极情绪,在个体间水平上还预测了幸福。总的来说,自发的自我肯定与接近应对和幸福感的各个方面呈正相关。