The present study offers a proof-of-concept for the delivery of values affirmation via text message. In two studies, we tested whether we could distill the typical 15-minute pen-and-paper values affirmation exercise into a brief (∼4 minute) text-message based exercise. In Study 1 (N = 42), we asked students to identify an upcoming academic stressor. In Study 2, we targeted students (N = 121) who reported that they would be starting a summer internship they expected to be stressful. In both studies, students completed a brief exercise (affirmation or control) via text message the night before their stressor. Across the studies, we found consistent benefits of this mobile affirmation on students’ belonging, inconsistent effects on their perceptions of stress, and no effects on their evaluations of their stressor when measured shortly after (Study 1) or during (Study 2) the stressor. Together, these studies offer initial evidence for a novel, promising, and scalable method of delivering values affirmation at the “right time and place” using mobile technology. We also discuss lessons we learned and offer recommendations to researchers interested in administering affirmation via text message.

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旅途中的肯定：教育中价值观肯定的文本消息传递的概念验证

本研究为通过短信传递价值观确认提供了一个概念验证。在两项研究中，我们测试了我们是否可以将典型的 15 分钟纸笔价值观肯定练习提炼成一个简短的（~4 分钟）基于短信的练习。在研究 1 ( N = 42) 中，我们要求学生确定即将到来的学业压力源。在研究 2 中，我们针对学生 ( N= 121) 谁报告说他们将开始暑期实习，他们预计会有压力。在这两项研究中，学生在压力源的前一天晚上通过短信完成了一个简短的练习（肯定或控制）。在所有研究中，我们发现这种移动肯定对学生的归属感有持续的好处，对他们的压力感知产生不一致的影响，并且在压力源之后不久（研究 1）或期间（研究 2）测量时对他们的压力源评估没有影响. 总之，这些研究为使用移动技术在“正确的时间和地点”提供价值肯定的新颖、有前途和可扩展的方法提供了初步证据。我们还讨论了我们学到的经验教训，并向有兴趣通过短信进行确认的研究人员提供建议。