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- 3Control (Psychology)
- 3Terror management theory
- 2Self-affirmation
- 2Self-concept
- 2Self-confidence
- 1Barbara Anne Baillie
- 1Blatter, Jamin E
- 1Brown, Dennis H.
- 1Crooks, Maxine Marilynn
- 1Faucher, Erik
- 1Faucher, Erik H
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2010
In my introduction, I describe a spontaneous vision where an image of my inner child ran out from the adult me, crying into the arms of Jesus. My research focus was to discover the significance of this child image and her role in my midlife individuation process. I was interested in this because...
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An examination of defensive accommodation to threat: exploring the conditions under which people will modify their protective beliefs
DownloadFall 2011
Although terror management research has focused extensively on defensive responses to threat such as derogation, scant research to date has assessed alternative responses. One such alternative, termed accommodation, involves accepting and incorporating parts of the threatening information into...
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Fall 2013
To more fully understand the impact of stuttering on preschoolers’ self-concept, we need to know how to validly and reliably measure these constructs. The purpose of this study was to develop a parent version of the Self-Description Questionnaire for Preschoolers (SDQP-P). Participants were 104...
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Spring 2017
A large body of research confirms that self-affirmation reduces defensive reactions to self-threats. Self-affirmation buffers against threats to the self by bolstering perceptions of the self as moral and good, thereby serving to restore global self-integrity. However, recent research shows...