On the psychophysiological and defensive nature of psychological reactance theory

IF 0.8 Q3 COMMUNICATION
Russell B. Clayton
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Abstract

This study incorporated the dual-motivational theory with psychological reactance theory to investigate the cognitive and emotional responses that unfold when audience members encounter a freedom-threatening message and experience psychological reactance. A total of 100 college-aged, daily e-cigarette users were purposively recruited and randomly assigned to view four, 30-second anti-vaping public service announcements (PSAs) in random presentation featuring either dogmatic or suggestive language. As expected, daily e-cigarette users in the dogmatic anti-vaping PSA condition self-reported greater unpleasantness, freedom threat, psychological reactance, and behavioral intentions to use e-cigarettes than daily e-cigarette users in the suggestive anti-vaping PSA condition. Daily e-cigarette users in the dogmatic anti-vaping PSA condition also had greater defensive motivational reactivity during message exposure as indicated by greater corrugator muscle activation, skin conductivity levels, and less heart rate deceleration than daily e-cigarette users in the suggestive anti-vaping PSA condition. Taken together, this study provides substantial evidence of the psychophysiological and defensive nature of psychological reactance theory.
论心理抗拒理论的心理生理和防御性质
本研究将双重动机理论与心理抗拒理论相结合,探讨听众在面对威胁自由的信息时所表现出的认知和情绪反应。研究人员有意招募了100名每天吸电子烟的大学生,并随机分配他们观看4个30秒的反电子烟公共服务广告(psa),这些广告随机呈现,其中包括教条式或暗示性的语言。正如预期的那样,在教条式反电子烟PSA条件下的日常电子烟用户比在暗示性反电子烟PSA条件下的日常电子烟用户自我报告了更大的不愉快、自由威胁、心理抗拒和使用电子烟的行为意图。在教条式反电子烟PSA条件下,每天吸电子烟的人在信息暴露期间也有更大的防御性动机反应,这表明比在暗示性反电子烟PSA条件下的每天吸电子烟的人有更大的瓦楞肌激活、皮肤电导率水平和更少的心率减速。综上所述,本研究为心理抗拒理论的心理生理学和防御性质提供了大量证据。
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