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When Bad Things Happen to Good Feedback: Exacerbating the Need for Self-Justification with Self-Affirmations
dc.contributor.authorBlanton, Harten_US
dc.contributor.authorCooper, Joelen_US
dc.contributor.authorSlkurnik, Ianen_US
dc.contributor.authorAronson, Joshuaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-14T14:02:37Z
dc.date.available2010-04-14T14:02:37Z
dc.date.issued1997en_US
dc.identifier.citationBlanton, Hart; Cooper, Joel; Slkurnik, Ian; Aronson, Joshua (1997). "When Bad Things Happen to Good Feedback: Exacerbating the Need for Self-Justification with Self-Affirmations." Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 23(7): 684-692. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/68836>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0146-1672en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/68836
dc.description.abstractIn numerous self-affirmation studies, Claude Steele and colleagues have demonstrated that self-affirmations reduce the need to justify dissonant behavior even when the affirmation is unrelated to the dissonance-evoking action. However, research has not sufficiently examined the impact of reaffirming self-aspects that are related to the dissonance. The authors argue that relevant affirmations of this sort can make salient the standards that are violated in the course of dissonant behavior; thereby increasing dissonance and the need for self justification. In a laboratory study using the induced-compliance paradigm, it was demonstrated that dissonance can be exacerbated by reaffirming standards that are violated in the course of the dissonant behavior.en_US
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dc.publisherSage Publicationsen_US
dc.titleWhen Bad Things Happen to Good Feedback: Exacerbating the Need for Self-Justification with Self-Affirmationsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPsychologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michigan, [email protected]en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherPrinceton Universityen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherPrinceton Universityen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherUniversity of Texas, Austinen_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0146167297237002en_US
dc.identifier.sourcePersonality and Social Psychology Bulletinen_US
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