Reconciling self-protection with self-improvement: Self-affirmation theory.

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The psychology of change: self-affirmation and social psychological intervention. (2014, background): “This effect has been confirmed in many studies (for reviews, see Harris & Epton 2009, 2010; Sherman & Hartson 2011).”
Self-Affirmation: Understanding the Effects (2013, background): “The third and final proposition is that affirmation leads to an uncoupling of the self and threat, reducing the threat’s impact on the self (Sherman & Hartson, 2011).”