Instead, the purpose of most paradoxical interventions is to bypass the resistance and
reactance rather than address it directly.
Responses to Uncontrollable Outcomes: An Integration of the
Reactance Theory and the Learned Helplessness Model.
It was hypothesized that perceived loss of freedom through tax obligations would result in
reactance, that is, attitudes accepting tax evasion, lower morality and higher tendencies to avoid taxes.
1992 "Persuasion,
reactance, and judgments of interpersonal appeal.
Reactance is a psychological state elicited by perceived threats to an individual's personal freedom (Brehm & Brehm, 1981).
The damping torque provided by the proposed design depends on the system loading conditions and line
reactance.
My findings in the study support the idea that the
reactance and reinforcement theories are valid in explaining voters' information processing and the political decision-making process.
Hong Psychological
Reactance Scale -HPRS- (Hong & Faedda, 1996).
Such assessment provides possibility in each case to take into account (or ignore) the mass
reactance forces effect onto fluctuations in the fluid of the given material object.
Health locus of control, psychological
reactance and patients' subjective responses and attitudes towards their psychiatric drug treatment were introduced in the analyses.
This may even lead to a psychological
reactance response--a negative reaction toward persuasion attempts (Brehm and Brehm 1981).
Psychological
reactance (PR) is the reaction (of irritation or disgust) that appears as a response to the perception of loss of freedom, and depends on the importance of the behaviour threatened and on age (Brehm, 1989; Brehm & Brehm, 1981).
