Whether people benefit from self-affirmation in overcoming resistance to health messages may depend on their level of self-esteem. However, extant theories offer rival hypotheses about the role of self-esteem. We pitted these hypotheses against each other, building on the argument that how self-esteem shapes self-affirmation effects may depend on how and when people self-affirm.

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了解自我肯定效应：自尊的调节作用

人们在克服对健康信息的抵制方面是否从自我肯定中受益可能取决于他们的自尊水平。然而，现存的理论对自尊的作用提出了相反的假设。我们将这些假设相互对立，建立在自尊如何塑造自我肯定效果可能取决于人们如何以及何时自我肯定的论点的基础上。