Abstract
As a core component of personality, self-esteem not only has an important impact on the development of individual personality, but also has a direct or indirect impact on individual physical and mental health. Some studies have shown that explicit self-esteem can be improved through intervention, but there are few studies on the effect of implicit self-esteem intervention. Based on the integration of information in the brain during sleep, this study investigated the effects of the combination of self-esteem training and Target Memory Reactivation (TMR) on implicit self-esteem. The results show that: (1) self-esteem training can improve individual implicit self-esteem, but did not reach statistical significance level; (2) after self-esteem training, there was no significant change in implicit self-esteem level when uncoupled audio cues were played during sleep; (3) after the TMR, individuals’ implicit self-esteem level changed significantly, and the effect could still be maintained one week later.
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This research was supported by the backbone project of the young teachers’ scientific research ability enhancement program of Northwest Normal University (No.: 2018SKGG06), and the general project of the young teachers’ scientific research ability enhancement program of Northwest Normal University (No.: nwnu-lkqn-18-36), responsible person is Chen Li.
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Chen, L., Wang, Y., Zhang, Y. et al. A new application of TMR: A study on implicit self-esteem. Curr Psychol 42, 5159–5168 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-01883-5
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