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self-affirmation

self-affirmation Self-affirmation is a psychological exercise in which a person focuses on valued personal qualities or important values about themselves.

Self-affirmation is a psychological exercise in which a person focuses on valued personal qualities or important values about themselves. In this study, using self-affirmation before a socially excluding situation was associated with less hostile interpretation of the situation.

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Drafting source: Li Xiu; Liu Xin. Bidirectional predictive modeling of narcissists’ social exclusion and their hostile interpretations: a deep learning-based exploration of cognitive mechanisms. 2026; DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1761090; article XML SHA-256 18237380762223350e689392aec9c1a4d149d877c016af7778a9363d74e8d71c. “Bidirectional predictive modeling of narcissists’ social exclusion and their hostile interpretations: a deep learning-based exploration of cognitive mechanisms” (10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1761090).
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