In Relationships
People often experience threats in their relationships, such as having a secret they do not want their partner to know or suspecting their partner is cheating on them. People with low self-esteem tend to react defensively to even mild threats in their relationships by distancing themselves from their partner, which may ultimately result in the demise of the relationship. Self-affirmations may reduce this tendency. When presented with a relationship threat, people with low self-esteem reacted less defensively if they were given the opportunity to self-affirm than if they were not given this opportunity.
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