Introduction: Self-esteem is central to human well-being, quality of life, and mental health. Therefore, it is important to propose preventive and therapeutic techniques to deal with decline in self-esteem. Different interventions have been proposed and their efficacies have been validated. However, they present certain constraints such as a cognitive and/or emotional cost, which limit some clinical applications. Method: Based on contributions from cognitive, social, and clinical psychology, we propose to test the efficacy of a new technique for self-esteem enhancement using brief lexical associations and mental visualization (six sessions of five minutes) for a stimulation of episodic and semantic self-perceptions. Results: Comparing the Lexical Association Technique to a control technique and using a double-blind pre-post design, two studies show the efficacy of this new technique on global self-esteem in two samples of students (nStudy1 = 36; nStudy2 = 89), as well as a sustained effect up to 5 days after the technique is stopped. Discussion: The mechanisms underlying the efficacy of this technique are discussed. Further studies are needed to precise the clinical applicability of the Lexical Association Technique on patients.

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通过阅读和心理可视化提高自尊的新技术：词汇联想技术

简介：自尊是人类福祉、生活质量和心理健康的核心。因此，提出预防和治疗技术来应对自尊心下降是很重要的。已经提出了不同的干预措施，并验证了它们的功效。然而，它们存在某些限制，例如认知和/或情感成本，这限制了一些临床应用。方法：基于认知、社会和临床心理学的贡献，我们建议使用简短的词汇联想和心理可视化（五分钟的六次会议）来测试增强自尊的新技术的功效，以刺激情景和语义自我认知。结果：将词汇关联技术与控制技术进行比较，并使用双盲前后设计，两项研究表明，这项新技术在两个学生样本（nStudy1 = 36；nStudy2 = 89）中对全球自尊的有效性，以及在该技术停止后长达 5 天的持续效果。讨论：讨论了该技术的功效机制。需要进一步的研究来确定词汇关联技术对患者的临床适用性。