Revisiting the Theory of Psychological Reactance: Communicating Threats to Attitudinal Freedom

By M. Burgoon, Eusebio M Alvaro, J. Grandpre, Michael Voulodakis. 2002

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Toward a Theory of Entertainment Persuasion: Explaining the Persuasive Effects of Entertainment‐Education Messages (2008, background): “…can be an E. Moyer-Gusé Entertainment Media and Resistance Communication Theory 18 (2008) 407–425 ª 2008 International Communication Association 415 effective persuasive strategy because peers are seen as less authoritative and controlling (Burgoon et al., 2002), thus arousing less reactance.”
Psychological Reactance and Persuasive Health Communication: A Review of the Literature (2019, background): “Accordingly, classic reactance research predominantly focused on the antecedents and behavioral consequences of reactance following experimentally induced restriction of alternatives (see Burgoon et al., 2002; Chadee, 2011).”
The Reactance Restoration Scale (RRS): A Measure of Direct and Indirect Restoration (2007, background): “…a host of conventional outcome variables, including attitudes (Dillard & Shen, 2005; Grandpre et al., 2003), behavioral intentions (Bensley & Wu, 1991; Burgoon et al., 2002; Dillard & Shen, 2005; Grandpre et al., 2003), message (Grandpre et al., 2003), and source evaluations (Burgoon et al., 2002).”
Stay Away From Me (2012, background): “According to psychological reactance theory, people are often inclined to react against persuasive messages perceived as dissatisfying their need for self-determination and control (Brehm 1966; Burgoon et al. 2002).”
A 50-Year Review of Psychological Reactance Theory: Do Not Read This Article (2017, background): “For instance, scholars can use the controlling message experimental paradigm (for review see Burgoon et al., 2002) to examine Brehm’s (1966) rarely assessed proposition that the greater the proportion and number of freedoms threatened, the more reactance arousal.”
Is There Backlash to Social Pressure? A Large-scale Field Experiment on Voter Mobilization (2010, background): “Reactance theory explains that individuals with a negative response to a message may ignore it (Burgoon et al. 2002; Stewart and Martin 1994), perform the opposite of the behavior advocated (Worchel and Brehm 1970; Ringold 2002; Schultz 1999), or attack the source of the message.”