Self-identity threat and resistance to change: Evidence from regular travel behaviour

Identity Threat and Resistance to Change: Evidence and Implications from Transport-Related Behaviour

Climate change stands as one of the most important global issues of our time. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has described the warming of global climate systems as “unequivocal”, and current mitigation policies as inadequate to prevent the growth of greenhouse gas emissions over the coming decades (IPCC, 2007, p.1). In addition to policies and regulation, individual behaviour cha...

Perceived Threat to Change in Organizational Identity and Collective Self-efficacy in Organizations

Group affiliation in self‐management: support or threat to identity?

BACKGROUND Self-management is considered important in chronic illness, and contemporary health policy recommends participation in support groups for individuals with chronic conditions. Although withdrawal from or non-participation in support groups is an important problem, there is limited knowledge about individuals' own motivation for participation in or withdrawal from self-management suppo...

The Role of Self-Concealment and Alexithymia in Predicting Resistance to Change of Drug Users

Introduction: Addiction is a complex disease characterized by compulsive behaviors, irresistible temptations, drug behaviors, and persistent consumption, even when there are many negative consequences for the individual. Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the role of self-concealment and alexithymia in predicting resistance to change of drug users. Material and Methods: This ...

Self-ambivalence and resistance to subtle self-change attempts.

Recent research has demonstrated the malleability of self-views to subtle situational influence but has not uncovered features of the self-concept representation that make it susceptible to such change. Using research on attitude ambivalence as a foundation, the current article predicted that the self would be most likely to respond to a subtle change induction when the targeted self-beliefs we...