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In psychology, reactance is an unpleasant motivational reaction to offers, persons, rules, regulations, advice, or recommendations that are perceived to threaten or eliminate specific behavioral freedoms. Reactance occurs when an individual feels that an agent is attempting to limit one's choice of response and/or range of alternatives.
Here, we present our review of research on the measurement of reactance, the role of culture and self, vicarious reactance, determinants of reactance in the context of persuasion, and the crucial role of motivation in reactance processes.
Teoria reaktancji, teoria oporu psychicznego – teoria psychologiczna stworzona przez Jacka Brehma w 1966 r. Jej fundamentem jest twierdzenie o tym, że ludzie reagują oporem na odebranie im swobody działania lub możliwości. Opór ten jest tym silniejszy im: ważniejsza możliwość działania jest nam odebrana;
2 lip 2019 · The current chapter summarizes psychological reactance theory (Brehm, 1966) which can explain why people sometimes “fight back,” meaning that they do the opposite of what they are supposed to do or resist the social influence of others. Most importantly, it elaborates on the value of reactance by explaining how reactance connects to the ...
A review of research on reactance theory, which explains how people react to threats to their freedom. The article covers topics such as culture, persuasion, motivation, and dual process models, and suggests future directions for research.
1 mar 2006 · In this paper we review the basic assumptions formulated by Jack Brehm in 1966 in his theory of psychological reactance and we sample some interesting directions of research on reactance that...
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.
