ABSTRACT

Psychological reactance theory (PRT) proposes that the importance of freedom, along with threat to freedom and receiver personality trait, impacts the arousal of psychological reactance and the subsequent freedom restoration. This paper presents a 2 (threat: low vs. high) × 3 (source: the CDC, victim of the health issue vs. AI) × 2 (health topic: college drinking vs. STD) between-subjects experiment (N = 765) to test the potential effects of topic and source legitimacy on reactance. Results showed that behavioral topic influenced the magnitude of psychological reactance and forms of freedom restoration simultaneously. Theoretical contributions, implications, and limitations are discussed.

摘要

心理反作用理论（PRT）提出自由的重要性，连同对自由的威胁和接受者的人格特质，会影响心理反作用的唤醒和随后的自由恢复。本文提出了一个 2（威胁：低 vs. 高）× 3（来源：CDC，健康问题的受害者 vs. AI）× 2（健康主题：大学饮酒 vs. STD）的受试者间实验（N = 765 ) 以测试主题​​和来源合法性对电抗的潜在影响。结果表明，行为主题同时影响心理反应的大小和自由恢复的形式。讨论了理论贡献、影响和局限性。