Understanding psychological reactance: New developments and findings

Christina Steindl; Eva Jonas; Sandra Sittenthaler; Eva Traut-Mattausch; Jeff Greenberg

doi:10.1027/2151-2604/a000222

Understanding psychological reactance: New developments and findings

Christina Steindl^*, Eva Jonas, Sandra Sittenthaler, Eva Traut-Mattausch, Jeff Greenberg

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Abstract

Since Brehm first proposed reactance theory in 1966, many studies have explored the remarkable psychological phenomenon of reactance, which Miron and Brehm reviewed in 2006. We present an overview of research that has been done since then. A variety of studies have provided interesting new insights into the theory, adding to what is known about the phenomenon of reactance and the processes activated when people are confronted with threats to their freedom. Nevertheless, many issues that have not been clarified remain to be examined. We therefore close with proposing some suggestions for future research.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	205-214
Number of pages	10
Journal	Zeitschrift fur Psychologie / Journal of Psychology
Volume	223
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000222
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2015

Keywords

(vicarious) reactance
Culture
Dual process
Motivation
Persuasion

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501 Psychology

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Understanding psychological reactance: New developments and findings

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