The theory that reactance serves as a motivator to restore one’s freedom.

Michigan State University

An unpleasant motivational arousal that emerges when people perceive a threat to or loss of their free behaviors.

Reactance

Steindl, C., Jonas, E., Sittenthaler, S., Traut-Mattausch, E., & Greenberg, J. (2015). Understanding Psychological Reactance: New Developments and Findings. Zeitschrift fur Psychologie, 223(4), 205–214. https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000222

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