Table 4. Values that participants wrote about by affirmation condition and chronic stress level (as determined by median split).

	Group
Value Written About	Control Condition,Low Stress	Control Condition,High Stress	Affirmation Condition,Low Stress	Affirmation Condition,High Stress
Artistic Skills	2	2	0	0
Athletics	2	1	0	0
Business/Money	3	3	1	1
Creativity	0	0	3	1
Independence	3	2	2	3
Music	3	1	1	1
Politics	0	6	0	0
Relations with Friends and Family	0	1	8	8
Religious Values	2	1	2	1
Sense of Humor	1	1	1	2
Spontaneity	4	1	1	2

Note that self-affirmation participants write about their #1 ranked value and control participants write about their #9 ranked value.