affirmation

n.

肯定；确认；证实；批准

复数：affirmations

1. At precent,I give you one affirmation without ways.
   目前我没法给你一个肯定的答复。
2. She nodded her head in affirmation.
   她肯定地点了一下头。
3. But female respondents saw no contradiction between this affirmation and the idea of rights and opportunities for women.
   但女性回应者没有注意到这种主张同争取女性权利与机会的理念之间的矛盾。

Dissonance processes as self-affirmation.
Self-Affirmation Reduces Biased Processing of Health-Risk Information
Self-affirmation and self-control: affirming core values counteracts ego depletion.
The psychology of self-defence: Self-affirmation theory
The cessation of rumination through self-affirmation.
The psychology of self-affirmation: Sustaining the integrity of the self.
Experimental manipulations of self-affirmation: A systematic review
Recursive Processes in Self-Affirmation: Intervening to Close the Minority Achievement Gap
Accepting threatening information: Self-affirmation and the reduction of defensive biases.
Combating stereotype threat: The effect of self-affirmation on women’s intellectual performance ☆