Intervening within and across levels: A multilevel approach to stigma and public health
This article uses a multilevel approach to review the literature on interventions with promise
to reduce social stigma and its consequences for population health. Three levels of an …
to reduce social stigma and its consequences for population health. Three levels of an …
The psychology of change: Self-affirmation and social psychological intervention
GL Cohen, DK Sherman - Annual review of psychology, 2014 - annualreviews.org
People have a basic need to maintain the integrity of the self, a global sense of personal
adequacy. Events that threaten self-integrity arouse stress and self-protective defenses that …
adequacy. Events that threaten self-integrity arouse stress and self-protective defenses that …
The evolution and psychology of self-deception
W Von Hippel, R Trivers - Behavioral and brain sciences, 2011 - cambridge.org
In this article we argue that self-deception evolved to facilitate interpersonal deception by
allowing people to avoid the cues to conscious deception that might reveal deceptive intent …
allowing people to avoid the cues to conscious deception that might reveal deceptive intent …
Self-affirmation underlies Facebook use
CL Toma, JT Hancock - Personality and Social Psychology …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Social network sites, such as Facebook, have acquired an unprecedented following, yet it is
unknown what makes them so attractive to users. Here we propose that these sites' …
unknown what makes them so attractive to users. Here we propose that these sites' …
The impact of self-affirmation on health-behavior change: a meta-analysis.
Objectives: Self-affirmation (induced by reflecting upon important values, attributes, or social
relations) appears to reduce defensive resistance to health-risk information and increase …
relations) appears to reduce defensive resistance to health-risk information and increase …
Toward a unified framework for positive psychology interventions: Evidence-based processes of change in coaching, prevention, and training
Since 2000, research within positive psychology has exploded, as reflected in dozens of
meta-analyses of different interventions and targeted processes, including strength spotting …
meta-analyses of different interventions and targeted processes, including strength spotting …
Do conscious thoughts cause behavior?
RF Baumeister, EJ Masicampo… - Annual review of …, 2011 - annualreviews.org
Everyday intuitions suggest full conscious control of behavior, but evidence of unconscious
causation and automaticity has sustained the contrary view that conscious thought has little …
causation and automaticity has sustained the contrary view that conscious thought has little …
A randomized controlled trial of positive-affect intervention and medication adherence in hypertensive African Americans
GO Ogedegbe, C Boutin-Foster, MT Wells… - Archives of internal …, 2012 - jamanetwork.com
Background Poor adherence explains poor blood pressure (BP) control; however African
Americans suffer worse hypertension-related outcomes. Methods This randomized …
Americans suffer worse hypertension-related outcomes. Methods This randomized …
Self-affirmation and responses to health messages: a meta-analysis on intentions and behavior.
AM Sweeney, A Moyer - Health Psychology, 2015 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: The present study aimed to quantify the magnitude of the effect of self-affirmation
manipulations on health messages' influence on both intentions and behavior. Methods: A …
manipulations on health messages' influence on both intentions and behavior. Methods: A …
Is there utility in the transtheoretical model?
CJ Armitage - British journal of health psychology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The transtheoretical model is arguably the dominant model of health behaviour
change, having received unprecedented research attention, yet it has simultaneously …
change, having received unprecedented research attention, yet it has simultaneously …