Further Evidence That Psychological Reactance Can Be Modeled as a Combination of Anger and Negative Cognitions  

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Quick, Brian L. ; Stephenson, Michael T.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Communication Research vol. 34 no. 3 (Jun. 2007), page 255-276.
Topik: psychological reactance; message processing; condom ads
Fulltext: Vol 34, no 3, page 255-276.pdf (243.38KB)

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The primary objective of this investigation was to validate the recent operationalization of state reactance as a latent construct comprised of both affective and cognitive components. In addition to testing the operationalization of reactance, the authors tested the conceptual coherence of this construct by examining its association with threat-to-choice perceptions and ad persuasiveness of condom ads. Across seven condom television ads, the authors found evidence in support of treating reactance as a latent variable comprised of negative cognitions and state anger. An invariance test demonstrated that both of these variables loaded on reactance equivalently across all seven ads. In addition, results indicate that threat-to-choice perceptions are positively associated with reactance, thus providing conceptual consistency of this operationalization with Brehm’s explication of reactance. Furthermore, the authors found evidence suggesting a negative association between ad persuasiveness with reactance and threat-to-choice perceptions.

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