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  • Behavioral Science

Background:

  • Self-affirmation enhances open-mindedness to health messages in at-risk adults.
  • Its effects on adolescents and varying risk levels remain unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore how self-affirmation impacts adolescents' responses to health messages.
  • To investigate if risk level moderates self-affirmation's effects on persuasion.

Main Methods:

  • 125 older adolescents were randomized to self-affirmation or control conditions.
  • Participants received a health message on physical activity and its risks.
  • Measures assessed message response and behavior-specific cognitions.

Main Results:

  • Self-affirmation increased persuasion for inactive participants.
  • Conversely, it decreased persuasion for moderately active participants.

Conclusions:

  • Self-affirmation's impact on persuasion is moderated by the degree of non-adherence to health recommendations.
  • Caution is advised when using challenging health guidelines, as self-affirmation may reduce persuasion.