title: Understanding Psychological Reactance: New Developments and Findings.
abstract: 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. A variety of studies have provided interesting new insights into the theory, adding to what is known about the phenomenon of reactance and the processes activated when people are confronted with threats to their freedom. Nevertheless, many issues that have not been clarified remain to be examined. We therefore close with proposing some suggestions for future research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Salzburg, Austria.
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Steindl
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Salzburg, Austria.
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jonas
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Salzburg, Austria.
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sittenthaler
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Salzburg, Austria.
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Traut-Mattausch
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Greenberg
keywords: (vicarious) reactance; culture; dual process; motivation; persuasion