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self-affirmation

psychological theory, initially conceived by Claude Steele in the 1980s, suggests that reflecting on your core personal values can increase your performance under stress, activate brain reward circuitry as well as a host of other benefits.
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self-affirmation

Summary

self-affirmation ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (41 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • self-affirmation's subclass of is recorded as psychological phenomenon[2].
  • self-affirmation's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11h3bgyfwm[3].
  • self-affirmation's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2781358431[4].
  • self-affirmation's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2781358431[5].
  • self-affirmation's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 34980[6].

Why It Matters

self-affirmation ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (41 views/month).[1] self-affirmation has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). self-affirmation. Retrieved April 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/self-affirmation
MLA “self-affirmation.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 11 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/self-affirmation.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_self-affirmation_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{self-affirmation}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/self-affirmation}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-11}}
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