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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Psychological Reactance"”.
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Examining the relationship between experiences of discrimination and psychological reactance
<p>"Psychological reactance is a motivational state caused by a perceived threat to an individual's freedom to behave as he or she chooses. In this state individuals are motivated to restore the perception of freedom. Past research on reactance has suggested that it is possible that repeatedly …
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An examination of descriptive and injunctive norms as antecedents to psychological reactance
… behaviors opposite of the recommended action. Psychological reactance theory – which 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 …
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Ease the résistance : the role of narrative and other-referencing in attenuating psychological reactance to persuasive diabetes messages
Reactance theory (Brehm, 1966; Brehm & Brehm, 1981; Dillard & Shen, 2005) explains that persuasion may fail by inducing threats to individuals' perceived autonomy; this study provides evidence of pathways through this resistance to enhance message persuasiveness. A 2 (narrative) x 2 …
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The interplay of advertising choice and involvement on psychological reactance, attitudes, and intentions in the context of online video advertising
… independently and interactively impact users’ psychological reactance, attitudes toward the ad, attitudes toward the brand, and purchase intentions in the context of online video advertising. Employing a 2 (ad choice: yes vs. no) x 2 (involvement: high vs. low) between-subject experimental …
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Let me skip the ads! Revisiting the psychological reactance theory in an advertising context through examining the role of expectation
… expectation of freedom will lead to greater reactance and willingness to restore that freedom. Two pretests and an experiment were conducted, in which participants experienced the freedom to watch TV shows without ad interruptions during the first episode and in which the freedom was taken …
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Crafting and delivering effective energy and water conservation messages: The role of forceful language and source features in psychological reactance
… it is challenging partly due to perceptions and psychological barriers about consumption that may be addressed with theory-guided campaign design (see Petersen et al., 2015). The current dissertation turned to communication theory to help create strategic energy and water conservation messages, …
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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
… to health campaign messages. Guided by psychological reactance theory (PRT), the purpose of this dissertation was to (a) uncover micro-influencer characteristics that mitigate reactance toward sponsored social media posts, (b) investigate whether influencers induce less reactance than …
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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
… mandate requirement is a specific source of the psychological and behavioral resistance displayed toward the ACA. In study 1 the individual insurance mandate requirement did not produce greater negative attitudes towards the ACA or the current Presidential administration and it did not predict …
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The role of reactance and positive emotions in persuasive health messages: refining the theory of psychological reactance and the politeness theory and testing the theories of positive emotions
… to expand research on persuasion 1) by examining psychological reactance as a function of threats to positive identity above and beyond threats to freedom and 2) by examining the role of positive emotions. An online survey recruited 478 students from undergraduate courses at several universities …
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Tell Me a Story: Exploring the Use of Narratives to Reduce Backlash to Organizational Diversity Initiatives
… first-stage dual moderated mediation model where psychological reactance and perceptions of realistic threat mediate the negative effect of narrative (vs. expository) diversity messaging on backlash. Additionally, I examined whether an individual difference variable (i.e., social dominance …
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Influences of creativity, depression, and psychological well-being on physiological and psychological symptoms in midlife women
… relationships among gender role conflict, psychological reactance, and relationship beliefs. Because intimate relationships have the potential to affect lives in many ways, it is important to examine factors that contribute to successful relationships. Although previous research has linked …
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IMPROVING DATA QUALITY WITH FOUR SHORT SENTENCES: HOW AN HONOR CODE CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE DURING DATA COLLECTION
… no other cues of moral behavior, might lead to psychological reactance (i.e., participants perceiving their freedom or control was threatened). This psychological reactance was likely due to participants feeling coerced to respond honestly by the honor code rather than participants responding …
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Attitude Formation & Persuasion Via Reactance: No, You Can't – Yes, I Can!
… was designed to fill a significant gap in how psychological reactance theory (PRT; Brehm, 1966) is traditionally used in social psychological experiments. This study attempted to show that PRT can be used as a method to induce positive attitude formation. There is a need to understand how …
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Politics and pandemics: an investigation of the potential covariates in the relationship between conservative political ideology and reduced facemask wearing
… in science, belief in conspiracy theories, and psychological reactance. Using an online survey system, 138 U.S. adults completed several measures of political identity, mask wearing, and the hypothesized covariates. A simple regression model showed a significant negative relationship between …
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Casino Patrons' Reactance to Smoke-free Policies
… Dakota. The results indicated that both the psychological reactance trait and the attitude importance of the freedom to smoke influence gambling behavioral changes after a smoking ban went into effect. Individual attitudes towards secondhand smoking also explained changes in casino patronage. …
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Corporate recycling: interventions and person variables associated with participation
… (i.e., “environmental locus of control"), and psychological reactance were assessed. Mean scores on the environmental concern and environmental locus of control scales indicated that employees were quite concerned about the environment and believed that their behavior could have a positive …
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Goal origin: effects of initial goal origin and shifts in origin on behavioral and subjective responses
… goal origin within a theory of personal control/psychological reactance. In addition, two individual difference constructs, locus of control and Type A Behavior Pattern, were measured to study their relationships with the dependent variables. A laboratory experiment was conducted to examine …
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Testing For A Descriptive And Injunctive Norm Interaction In Promoting Health Behavior
… can be undermined by their tendency to 1) arouse psychological reactance among participants, and 2) inadvertently imply that few others are completing the target behavior. The author hypothesizes that supplementing an injunctive appeal with evidence of a supporting descriptive norm will counteract …
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Strategies for tailored messages : interaction of personal value orientation and freedom threat for chronic diseases management and behavior changes
… in health news messages on diabetes can cause psychological reactance and affect compliance with suggested health behaviors. The details of each study will be explained.
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Predictors of Client Resistance in the Counseling Interaction
… considered are two proposed sources of variance (psychological reactance and satisfaction) for the association between therapist directive behavior and client resistance. Speaking turns were coded and finally represented according to dichotomous categories for therapist and client behavior, and 18 …
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