reactance
- noun
- /riˈæktəns/
- Specialized
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reactancia
- And basically this is the idea behind reactance theory, which is that if you tell people they can't do something, they're going to feel like they're under threat.
- psychological reactance
- reactance and satisfaction
And basically this is the idea behind reactance theory, which is that if you tell people they can't do something, they're going to feel like they're under threat.
- And basically this is the idea behind reactance theory, which is that if you tell people they can't do something, they're going to feel like they're under threat.
Examples
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When people feel that their freedom is being restricted, they often experience reactance and resist the imposed rules.
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His strong reactance against the new policies made it clear that he valued his independence.
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But psychological reactance has not been fully investigated at this stage.
Academic text (1994) -
In view of these findings, we anticipated that high life satisfaction and low psychological reactance would be associated.
Academic text (1994) -
Considerable research is necessary to obtain a clearer picture of psychological reactance as a personality variable in relation to life satisfaction.
Academic text (1994) -
We had expected that low psychological reactance would be significantly associated with high life satisfaction because such a negative relationship was reported in a previous study (Joubert, 1990).
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Psychological reactance refers to the motivational state brought about when a person's freedom is threatened or constrained (Brehm & Brehm, 1981).
Academic text (1994) -
The teacher noticed that students showed reactance when she tried to limit their choice of topics for the project.
Synonyms
3
6.7
A strong wish not to follow rules or authority
2
8.8
Refusal to obey rules or cooperate with people in charge
Compounds
- Specialized
The part of resistance to sound that comes from air moving and spring-like effects, not energy loss
How Resistant
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Reactance comes from react ('to respond' or 'push back') plus the ending -ance, and it names the state of 'pushing back' people feel when they are told what to do or their freedom is limited. That is why reactance describes the way people resist rules or control.