Positive thinking's negative results: Words of wisdom | The Economist - The Diigo Meta page

• 15 Jun 09
  

  Dr Wood suggests that positive self-statements cause negative moods in people with low self-esteem because they conflict with those people’s views of themselves. When positive self-statements strongly conflict with self-perception, she argues, there is no

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  Given that many readers of self-help books that encourage positive self-statements are likely to suffer from low self-esteem, they may be worse than useless.

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