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Self-Affirmation Reduces Biased Processing of Health-Risk Information

Mark, B. Reed; Lisa, G. Aspinwall

Motivation and Emotion 22(2): 99-132

1998

ISSN/ISBN: 0146-7239
DOI: 10.1023/a:1021463221281
Accession: 062738679
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An experiment tested whether a positive experience (the endorsement and recall of one's past acts of kindness) would reduce biased processing of self-relevant health-risk information. Women college students (N = 66) who reported high or low levels of daily caffeine use were exposed to both risk-confirming and risk-disconfirming information about the link between caffeine consumption and fibrocystic breast disease (FBD).

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