Psychological Reactance in College Students: Family-of-Origin Predictors

2003 ◽  
Vol 81 (3) ◽  
pp. 311-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter C. Buboltz ◽  
Patrick Johnson ◽  
Kevin M. P. Woller
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Family Of Origin ◽  
Psychological Reactance

Psychological Processes Mediating Persuasion-Inhibiting Effect of Forewarning in Fear-Arousing Communication

1986 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiromi Fukada
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Psychological Reactance ◽  
Psychological Processes ◽  
Inhibiting Effect ◽  
Resistance To Persuasion

The present study was designed to investigate the mechanism mediating the persuasion-inhibiting effect of a forewarning in a fear-arousing communication. 93 college students were either warned or not warned of the communicator's persuasive and fear-arousing intents. Results showed that the forewarning produced resistance to persuasion and that resistance was mediated directly by counterarguments during the presentation of the communication, and indirectly by psychological reactance in the postwarning, precommunication interval.

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