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Positive self-affirmation improves mood

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Positive self-affirmation interventions improve emotional well-being and help mitigate the negative psychological effects of stress and discrimination.

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Does the Weekly Practice of Recalling and Elaborating Episodes Raise Well-Being in University Students?

2022 · cited by 23

Marongiu et al. (2022) found that weekly self-affirmation practices increased well-being and decreased ill-being among university students.

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A shield against ageism: Self‐affirmation mitigates the negative effects of workplace age discrimination on well‐being and performance

2024 · cited by 8

Breevaart and Bakker (2024) demonstrated that personal values affirmations mitigate negative well-being impacts caused by workplace stressors.

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