Within- and between-person relationships between spontaneous self-affirmations, coping style, and wellbeing

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.

Citation:
Sharouni TJ, McClymont RG, Alcorn C, ……. Jackson B, et al. Within- and between-person relationships between spontaneous self-affirmations, coping style, and wellbeing. Stress Health. 2022.

Keywords:
Affect; approach coping; eudaimonic; hedonic; self-affirmation; spontaneous; wellbeing

Abstract:
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.