Belief-driven resilience: How self-affirmation perceptions impact coping mechanisms in the workplace
Faculty Sponsor(s)
Jessica Fossum, Ph.D.
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Event
Project Type
Research in progress
Primary Department
Psychology
Description
Individuals resort to defense mechanisms when facing psychological threats to self-esteem. Gig economy workers often encounter ambiguous task rejection and limited feedback, threatening their self-esteem. Coping mechanisms are strategies for stress management, and can be problem- or emotion-focused. Self-affirmation, an emotion-focused strategy, involves reaffirming personal values to reduce stress. Using moderated logistic regression, this study examines whether belief in self-affirmation’s efficacy moderates the relationship between self-threat and coping strategy selection. Participants (N = 201) were recruited from Amazon Mechanical Turk. They recalled a self-threatening event and chose their preferred coping strategy. The results will inform stress management in non-traditional work contexts.
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Belief-driven resilience: How self-affirmation perceptions impact coping mechanisms in the workplace
Individuals resort to defense mechanisms when facing psychological threats to self-esteem. Gig economy workers often encounter ambiguous task rejection and limited feedback, threatening their self-esteem. Coping mechanisms are strategies for stress management, and can be problem- or emotion-focused. Self-affirmation, an emotion-focused strategy, involves reaffirming personal values to reduce stress. Using moderated logistic regression, this study examines whether belief in self-affirmation’s efficacy moderates the relationship between self-threat and coping strategy selection. Participants (N = 201) were recruited from Amazon Mechanical Turk. They recalled a self-threatening event and chose their preferred coping strategy. The results will inform stress management in non-traditional work contexts.
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