In their study on self-affirmation, creswell, welch, taylor, sherman, gruenwald, and mann found that:

In their study on self-affirmation creswell, welch, taylor, sherman, gruenwald, and mann found that people who confirmed themselves by thinking about their most significant values were better able to cope with the stress generated by a challenging task. In addition, the use of the case study method may lead to unexpected findings that are the source of new and stimulating testable hypotheses and operational descriptions of concepts are important because they provide an objective and reliable basis for communication between scientists.