Psychological reactance is typically assumed to motivate resistance to controlling peer influences and societal prohibitions. However, some peer influences encourage behaviors prohibited by society. We consider whether reactant individuals are sensitive to such opportunities to enhance their autonomy. We specifically propose a self-regulatory perspective on reactance, wherein freedom/autonomy is the superordinate goal, and thus highly reactant individuals will be sensitive to peer influences that could enhance their behavioral freedoms. In 2 studies, we find that reactant individuals can be cooperative in response to autonomy-supportive peer influences. Participants read a scenario in which a peer’s intentions to engage in substance use wer...
Self-control often leads to good, healthy, and morally right outcomes for the self and others. Yet s...
The present research examined the psychological origins of retributive reactions, which are defined ...
One way to restore a sense of control is to system justify. Individuals high in trait reactance are ...
Psychological reactance is typically assumed to motivate resistance to controlling peer influences a...
Autonomy, often associated with an open and reflective evaluation of experience, is sometimes confus...
The urge to rebel against external control affects social interactions in many domains of our societ...
We examine how chronic reactance (a motivation to maintain decision freedom) can facilitate suscepti...
Psychological reactance occurs in response to threats posed to perceived behavioral freedoms. Resear...
People with a self-control problem often seek relief through social interactions rather than binding...
In this article we suggest that events and contexts relevant to the initiation and regulation of int...
In this article we suggest that events and contexts relevant to the initiation and regulation of int...
This study extends psychological reactance theory by examining denial of a public health threat and ...
In this article we suggest that independent vs. interdependent aspects of the self yield different m...
Nowadays, technologies are being developed to persuade people. Examples of such technologies are emb...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the present study (N5 80 undergraduate students) was to examine two issues: ...
Self-control often leads to good, healthy, and morally right outcomes for the self and others. Yet s...
The present research examined the psychological origins of retributive reactions, which are defined ...
One way to restore a sense of control is to system justify. Individuals high in trait reactance are ...
Psychological reactance is typically assumed to motivate resistance to controlling peer influences a...
Autonomy, often associated with an open and reflective evaluation of experience, is sometimes confus...
The urge to rebel against external control affects social interactions in many domains of our societ...
We examine how chronic reactance (a motivation to maintain decision freedom) can facilitate suscepti...
Psychological reactance occurs in response to threats posed to perceived behavioral freedoms. Resear...
People with a self-control problem often seek relief through social interactions rather than binding...
In this article we suggest that events and contexts relevant to the initiation and regulation of int...
In this article we suggest that events and contexts relevant to the initiation and regulation of int...
This study extends psychological reactance theory by examining denial of a public health threat and ...
In this article we suggest that independent vs. interdependent aspects of the self yield different m...
Nowadays, technologies are being developed to persuade people. Examples of such technologies are emb...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the present study (N5 80 undergraduate students) was to examine two issues: ...
Self-control often leads to good, healthy, and morally right outcomes for the self and others. Yet s...
The present research examined the psychological origins of retributive reactions, which are defined ...
One way to restore a sense of control is to system justify. Individuals high in trait reactance are ...