Reactance Theory - 40 Years Later

By Anca M. Miron, J. Brehm. 2006

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The Motivational Foundation of Learning Languages Other Than Global English: Theoretical Issues and Research Directions (2017, background): “To illustrate the concept of reactance, Miron and Brehm (2006) give the example of the Broadway musical The Fantasticks, in which two fathers plan to make their children fall in love with each other.”
A 50-Year Review of Psychological Reactance Theory: Do Not Read This Article (2017, background): “Despite these descriptions, the centrality of motivation to PRT remained relatively dormant until Miron and Brehm (2006) placed it alongside other theories with distinct motivational bents (e.g., energization model of motivation, Brehm & Self, 1989).”
The Conscientious Responders Scale (2014, background): “Perhaps, even the notion of being told what to do may motivate some individuals to respond incompliantly in a fit of psychological reactance (Miron & Brehm, 2006).”
The Covert Advertising Recognition and Effects (CARE) model: Processes of persuasion in native advertising and other masked formats (2020, background): “Reactance to persuasive messages can be viewed as resistance motivated by an external source (Knowles and Linn, 2004, p. 6) and has been variously defined as a motivational state (Miron and Brehm 2006) and as a cognitive and affective construct (e.g. Dillard and Shen 2005).”