Self and Familial Affirmation as Mediated by Self Construals in Buffering Stress Responses: An Experimental Evaluation in a Sample of University Students in Lebanon

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dc.contributor.authorYordi, Serene
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-03T06:49:13Z
dc.date.available2024-07-03T06:49:13Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractStress is associated with the development and progression of a range of mental disorders which have been shown to be a major contribution to the burden of disease among youth, especially among university students. Research has suggested that self-affirmation, that involves thinking about a value central to the individual, may buffer against adverse effects of stress. Cross cultural differences have been shown regarding the efficacy of the type of affirmation used. Participants in collectivistic cultures benefited from reflecting on values that are related to their familial self, instead of values pertaining to the individual self. Thus, the inclusion of culture when affirming the self, as individual self-affirmation – values pertaining to individual values, and familial self-affirmation – values pertaining to the values of the family. To determine which aspect of the self that may be of particular use to buffer against threat, the Sixfold Self-Construals Scale (Harb and Smith, 2008) was introduced as a mediator to measure whether participants endorse the personal self-construal, which represents the independent self, or the relational-vertical self, which is derived from dyadic familial connections. This study experimentally investigated whether (1) familial self-affirmation or (2) individual self-affirmation will attenuate physiological responses through as measured by (1) heart rate and (2) emotional stress response, as well as psychological stress responses, measured through (3) state anxiety and (4) self-efficacy, among 101 undergraduate students at Haigazian University while shedding light on how (1) self-construals and (2) domain identification may mediate and moderate, respectively the effectiveness of self-affirmation. Results have shown that students with high domain identification did not benefit from the stress buffering effects of individual and familial self-affirmation. The hypotheses of the study were not supported, but there were some marginal effects that may be ruled out with replication of the study. Results have also shown that participants who endorse the personal self-construal had decreased anxiety and higher self efficacy than participants who endorsed a relational-vertical self-construal, regardless of the affirmation group they were placed in.
dc.identifier.citationYordi, S. (2021). Self and Familial Affirmation as Mediated by Self Construals in Buffering Stress Responses: An Experimental Evaluation in a Sample of University Students in Lebanon (SBS thesis, Haigazian University)
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.62811/th.0227
dc.identifier.urihttps://haigrepository.haigazian.edu.lb/handle/123456789/271
dc.titleSelf and Familial Affirmation as Mediated by Self Construals in Buffering Stress Responses: An Experimental Evaluation in a Sample of University Students in Lebanon
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