Sherman, Bunyan, et al., 2009: Affirming values weeks before a test reduced levels of stress as the test approached among undergraduate students
Reference:
Sherman, D. K., Bunyan, D. P., Creswell, J. D., & Jaremka, L. M. (2009). Psychological vulnerability and stress: The effects of self-affirmation on sympathetic nervous system responses to naturalistic stressors. Health Psychology, 28(5), 554.
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Undergraduate students who completed two values-affirmation exercises in the weeks preceding a major test showed reduced levels of stress hormones as the test approached.
Psychological Process:
What Desired Meaning is At Stake?
What is the Person Trying to Understand?
To See the Self as AdequateApproach to Desired Meaning
What about it?
Remedy Threats to Self-Integrity that Undermine FunctioningHow?
Psychological Question Addressed
Am I under threat, because I face a stressful or threatening academic experience?Am I under threat, because I face a stressful or threatening academic experience?Psychological Question Addressed
Am I under threat, because I face a stressful or threatening academic experience?Psychological Process 2:
Psychological Process 3:
Social Area:
Health
Intervention Technique:
Active reflection, values-affirmation