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THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SELF DEFENSE: SELF AFFIRMATION …

interpersonal relationships and coping. A. OVERVIEW OF SELF‐AFFIRMATION THEORY Self‐aYrmation theory (Aronson et al., 1999; Sherman & Cohen, 2002; Steele, 1988) begins with the premise that people are motivated to maintain the integrity of the self. Integrity can be defined as the sense that, on the SELF‐AFFIRMATION THEORY 185

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