Threat to freedom and the detrimental effect of avoidance goal frames: Reactance as a mediating variable

Two experiments examined how individuals respond to a restriction presented within an approach versus an avoidance frame. In Study 1, working on a problem-solving task, participants were initially free to choose their strategy, but for a second task were told to change their strategy. The message to...

Full description

Bibliographic Details

Published in:	Frontiers in Psychology
Main Authors:	Daniela Niesta Kayser, Verena Graupmann, James W. Fryer, Dieter Frey
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-05-01
Subjects:	Behavior self threat performance Persuasive Communication reactance
Online Access:	http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00632/full