A David Nussbaum
Biographic Data
| ID | 4233286 |
|---|---|
| NAME | A David Nussbaum |
| GIVEN NAMES | A David |
| FAMILY NAME | Nussbaum |
| SIGNATURE | NUSSBAUM A D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chicago |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 99 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Deflecting the trajectory and changing the narrative: How self-affirmation affects academic performance and motivation under identity threat
To the extent that stereotype and identity threat undermine academic performance, social psychological interventions that lessen threat could buffer threatened students and improve performance. Two studies, each featuring a longitudinal field experiment in a mixed-ethnicity middle school, examined whether a values affirmation writing exercise could attenuate the achievement gap between Latino American and European American students. In Study 1, s…
The insidious (and ironic) effects of positive stereotypes
Affirmed yet unaware: Exploring the role of awareness in the process of self-affirmation
Three studies investigated whether self-affirmation can proceed without awareness, whether people are aware of the influence of experimental self-affirmations, and whether such awareness facilitates or undermines the self-affirmation process. The authors found that self-affirmation effects could proceed without awareness, as implicit self-affirming primes (utilizing sentence-unscrambling procedures) produced standard self-affirmation effects (Stu…
Defensiveness Versus Remediation: Self-Theories and Modes of Self-Esteem Maintenance
How people maintain and repair their self-esteem has been a topic of widespread interest. In this article, the authors ask, What determines whether people will use direct, remedial actions, or defensive actions? In three studies, they tested the hypothesis that a belief in fixed intelligence (entity theory) would produce defensiveness, whereas a belief in improvable intelligence (incremental theory) would foster remediation. In each study, partic…
Situational disengagement and persistence in the face of adversity
Deflecting the trajectory and changing the narrative: How self-affirmation affects academic performance and motivation under identity threat
To the extent that stereotype and identity threat undermine academic performance, social psychological interventions that lessen threat could buffer threatened students and improve performance. Two studies, each featuring a longitudinal field experiment in a mixed-ethnicity middle school, examined whether a values affirmation writing exercise could attenuate the achievement gap between Latino American and European American students. In Study 1, s…
Situational disengagement and persistence in the face of adversity
The insidious (and ironic) effects of positive stereotypes
Affirmed yet unaware: Exploring the role of awareness in the process of self-affirmation
Three studies investigated whether self-affirmation can proceed without awareness, whether people are aware of the influence of experimental self-affirmations, and whether such awareness facilitates or undermines the self-affirmation process. The authors found that self-affirmation effects could proceed without awareness, as implicit self-affirming primes (utilizing sentence-unscrambling procedures) produced standard self-affirmation effects (Stu…
Situational disengagement and persistence in the face of adversity
Defensiveness Versus Remediation: Self-Theories and Modes of Self-Esteem Maintenance
How people maintain and repair their self-esteem has been a topic of widespread interest. In this article, the authors ask, What determines whether people will use direct, remedial actions, or defensive actions? In three studies, they tested the hypothesis that a belief in fixed intelligence (entity theory) would produce defensiveness, whereas a belief in improvable intelligence (incremental theory) would foster remediation. In each study, partic…
Affirmed yet unaware: Exploring the role of awareness in the process of self-affirmation
Three studies investigated whether self-affirmation can proceed without awareness, whether people are aware of the influence of experimental self-affirmations, and whether such awareness facilitates or undermines the self-affirmation process. The authors found that self-affirmation effects could proceed without awareness, as implicit self-affirming primes (utilizing sentence-unscrambling procedures) produced standard self-affirmation effects (Stu…
The insidious (and ironic) effects of positive stereotypes
Deflecting the trajectory and changing the narrative: How self-affirmation affects academic performance and motivation under identity threat
To the extent that stereotype and identity threat undermine academic performance, social psychological interventions that lessen threat could buffer threatened students and improve performance. Two studies, each featuring a longitudinal field experiment in a mixed-ethnicity middle school, examined whether a values affirmation writing exercise could attenuate the achievement gap between Latino American and European American students. In Study 1, s…
Psychology (5 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (3 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (2 works) · Self-affirmation (2 works) · Self-concept (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Behavioral Health and Interventions (1 works)