Reactance and personality: assessing psychological reactance using a biopsychosocial and person-centered approach

Reactance is a critical concept for understanding adolescents’ noncompliance and resistance to behavioral change. Traditionally, reactance has been conceptualized as state comprising negative emotions cognitions. However, research indicates that one’s proneness can be considered personality trait. The present study aimed develop current of individual differences in trait from biopsychosocial perspective. Adolescents (n = 1837) completed Cloninger’s Junior Temperament Character Inventory two validated measures reactance. A person-centered analytical approach was used assess how clusters adolescents with distinct temperament profiles, character profiles (Latent Profile Analysis), integrated temperament-character networks Class Analysis) differed High characteristic involving high novelty seeking low harm avoidance. immature profiles. Finally, reflecting emotional instability, intentionality, self-awareness.. This expands knowledge by showing correspond structural personality. Specifically, our findings indicate an expression maladaptive organizations processes. more nuanced aid the development contexts (e.g. clinical, educational, society, communication) promoting positive outcomes will all types