Self Affirmation Research Group (SARG)

Resources

Individual differences in self-affirmation

We have developed a measure of individual differences in tendency to report responding to threats by self-affirming. You can download the measure here: The Spontaneous Self-Affirmation Measure (SSAM) [PDF 85.25KB] and the paper describing its development and validation here: Individual Differences in Self-Affirmation [PDF 803KB].

Healthcare

Our blog post for health practitioners provides more information about self-affirmation within healthcare, including how it can help patients respond more effectively to difficult health messages.

In this podcast, Pete Harris gives an overview of self-affirmation, with a particular emphasis on its application in healthcare. 

Further information

If you are interested in more detailed resources (including those that we mention in our blog post for health practitioners), please email us at SARG@sussex.ac.uk and we'll do our best to help.