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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Freedom Threat"”.
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Strategies for tailored messages : interaction of personal value orientation and freedom threat for chronic diseases management and behavior changes
… given personal value orientation and freedom threat, Study 2 investigated these as potential elements to be included in tailored health messages and leading to more or less persuasive effects for self-management. It examined whether invoking an individual’s personal value orientation …
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Crafting and delivering effective energy and water conservation messages: The role of forceful language and source features in psychological reactance
… role of unique source features in relation to freedom threat perceptions, and (c) investigate the moderating role of reactance proneness and issue involvement as individual difference variables involved in freedom threat appraisal. A 2 (language: forceful, non-forceful) X 3 (source: …
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Observation-induced reactance in a prison
… This social pressure constituted a threat to the model's freedom to refuse therapy enrollment. It was predicted that observers of the freedom-threat tape would experience observation inductive reactance which would result in their desiring a greater amount of choice about group …
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A Mixed-Method Examination of Social Media Influencers’ Source Characteristics in Sponsored Health Campaign Messaging: An Application of Psychological Reactance Theory
… and derogatory language in sponsored posts as freedom threatening. Alternatively, participants mentioned sponsorship congruence, sustained authenticity, seamlessness, and personability/relatability mitigated freedom threat perceptions of sponsored content. Participant preferences for the …
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An examination of descriptive and injunctive norms as antecedents to psychological reactance
… posits that individuals cherish their personal freedoms, and react negatively when their freedom is threatened – provides a theoretical account for why persuasive messages can fail. The current study extends the literature on psychological reactance theory in two primary ways. First, by …
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RESISTANCE TO MANDATED HEALTHCARE CHANGE: USING PSYCHOLOGICAL REACTANCE TO PREDICT RESPONSES TO THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT INSURANCE COVERAGE REQUIREMENT
The Affordable Care Act (ACA), passed on March 23rd, 2010, contains widesweeping legislation aimed at reforming the current U.S. healthcare system. The ACA has been lauded by its proponents and deeply criticized by its opponents. The current paper included two experimental studies designed to test …