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Table 1

Dissonance-reduction coping strategies

Primary reduction stage: Inaction coping strategy	Secondary reduction stage: Action coping strategy
Evading Avoidance Distraction Escape Forget	Restructuring Compartmentalisation Differentiation Transcendence
Refutation Bolstering Denial of responsibility Trivialisation	Integrating Attitude change Effort justification Spreading of alternatives
Self-forgiving Self-affirmation Self-compassion	Overt behavioural Act rationalisation Behavioural change

Primary reduction stage:Inaction coping strategy	Secondary reduction stage:Action coping strategy
Evading Avoidance Distraction Escape Forget	Restructuring Compartmentalisation Differentiation Transcendence
Refutation Bolstering Denial of responsibility Trivialisation	Integrating Attitude change Effort justification Spreading of alternatives
Self-forgiving Self-affirmation Self-compassion	Overt behavioural Act rationalisation Behavioural change

Source: Cancino-Montecinos et al. (2020, p. 6)