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Distanced Self-Talk Enhances Goal Pursuit to Eat Healthier

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1 Published in 2020 at "Clinical Psychological Science"

DOI: 10.1177/2167702619896366

Abstract: Attempts to make healthier food choices often fail, particularly for people who are actively trying to diet. Distanced self-talk—using one’s name and non-first-person-singular pronouns (vs. first-person pronouns) to reflect on the self—provides a relatively effortless… read more here.

Keywords: distanced self; self talk; goal pursuit; talk ... See more keywords