Cognitive Dissonance (Latest Articles)

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Secure versus fragile high self-esteem as a predictor of verbal defensiveness: converging findings across three different markers.

30 May 2008 Why is it that many individuals verbally rationalize and distort self-esteem threatening information? We examined whether such verbal defensiveness (Feldman Barrett, Williams, & Fong, 2002) differs as a function of whether individuals' high ...
rec_pub_18447858-secure-versus-fragile-high-self-esteem-predictor-verbal-defensiveness.htm

Dissonance-based Interventions for the prevention of eating disorders: using persuasion principles to promote health.

26 May 2008 The limited efficacy of prior eating disorder (ED) prevention programs led to the development of dissonance-based interventions (DBIs) that utilize dissonance-based persuasion principles from social psychology. Although DBIs have been used to change ...
rec_pub_18506621-dissonance-based-interventions-prevention-eating-disorders-using.htm

Music in minor activates limbic structures: a relationship with dissonance?

5 May 2008 Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, we contrasted major and minor mode melodies controlled for liking to study the neural basis of musical mode perception. To examine the influence of the larger dissonance in minor melodies on neural ...
rec_pub_18418244-music-minor-activates-limbic-structures-relationship-dissonance.htm

What pharmacy benefit designers need to know about perception and reality: never forget the elephant in the pharmacy.

29 Apr 2008
rec_pub_18500916-what-pharmacy-benefit-designers-need-know-perception-reality-forget.htm

Dissonance and healthy weight eating disorder prevention programs: long-term effects from a randomized efficacy trial.

30 Mar 2008 Adolescent girls with body dissatisfaction (N = 481, SD = 1.4) were randomized to a dissonance-based thin-ideal internalization reduction program, healthy weight control program, expressive writing control condition, or assessment-only control ...
rec_pub_18377128-dissonance-healthy-weight-eating-disorder-prevention-programs-long.htm

Effectiveness of peer-led eating disorders prevention: a replication trial.

30 Mar 2008 The aim of this study was to replicate and extend results of a previous trial that investigated the effectiveness of 2 peer-led eating disorders prevention interventions in reducing eating disorder risk factors in undergraduate women (C. B. Becker, ...
rec_pub_18377130-effectiveness-peer-led-eating-disorders-prevention-replication-trial.htm

Self-esteem differences in the effects of hypocrisy induction on behavioral intentions in the health domain.

3 Mar 2008 Two studies investigated whether individuals with varying levels of self-esteem respond differently in the hypocrisy paradigm. In the first study, all participants were regular smokers. Those in the hypocrisy condition delivered a speech in front of ...
rec_pub_18331278-self-esteem-differences-effects-hypocrisy-induction-behavioral.htm

Twenty-five years of therapeutic misconception.

28 Feb 2008
rec_pub_18457218-twenty-five-years-therapeutic-misconception.htm

A quasi-experimental investigation of message appeal variations on organ donor registration rates.

28 Feb 2008 OBJECTIVE: Approximately 6,000 Americans die every year awaiting an organ transplant. Health promotion interventions may alleviate the shortage of viable organs by increasing the number of registered organ donors. This study is the first to evaluate ...
rec_pub_18377135-a-quasi-experimental-investigation-message-appeal-variations-organ.htm

Biased information search in homogeneous groups: confidence as a moderator for the effect of anticipated task requirements.

27 Feb 2008 When searching for information, groups that are homogeneous regarding their members' prediscussion decision preferences show a strong bias for information that supports rather than conflicts with the prevailing opinion (confirmation bias). The ...
rec_pub_18310314-biased-information-search-homogeneous-groups-confidence-moderator.htm

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