The attachment of the supervisor was explored as a predictor of ratings of supervisee development. The sample consisted of 90 supervisor-supervisee dyads. Variance due to the psychological reactance of the supervisee and the duration of the supervisory relationship was held constant. Supervisors with a preoccupied style of attachment were more likely to give supervisees low professional develop...

Threats to our freedom are part of our daily social interactions. They are accompanied by an aversive state of motivational arousal, called reactance, which leads people to strive to reestablish their threatened freedom. This is especially the case if the threat seems to be illegitimate in nature. However, reactance theory suggests that reactance should also be aroused when people are exposed t...

In general, the conventional techniques like loop impedance and nodal admittance methods are used to find the parameters of SEIG for finding performance under various conditions. In these approaches, long mathematical calculations are involved. With the recent development, ANN and fuzzy logic are used for finding various parameters for different values of machine parameters. By finding these pa...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of different surgical variables, such as perfusion duration and number of grafts, on resistance and reactance, in heart surgery patients. METHODS 77 patients submitted to coronary artery bypass were studied. The variable concerning time of extracorporeal circulation was classified in four progressive degrees. Resistance and reactanc...

Despite the increasing popularity of IT-enabled personalization, the online consumers’ attitude of reactance appears to be a major inhibiting result in their acceptance of the online personalized advertising. The objective of this study is to study consumers’ reactance of online personalized advertising from the perspective of negative effects. Especially, we identify the rational choice factor...

We would like to thank Gary Fields and Andrew Foster for useful discussion and comments. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the World Bank, its Executive Directors, or the countries they represent, nor do they necessarily represent the views of the General Statistical Office of ...

Within the theoretical framework of psychological reactance and impression management, this study conducted in Sydney, Australia, 2020–2021, explores acceptance by men alternatives to animal-based foods. Qualitative in-depth interviews were with 36 who have visited a vegan restaurant eaten plant-based burger. The findings from show that, despite increasing popularity these novel food options, a...

Eysenck in a 1964 article and Petrie in a 1967 article offered theories relating perceptual characteristics to personality traits, primarily extraversion. Petrie believes that perceptual reactance, the degree to which a given individual over or underresponds to external stimuli, is fairly stable within individuals. Eysenck offered a parallel concept, the excitation/inhibition ratio, to explain ...

Social support is an important factor for exercise among cancer patients, but too much control might elicit reactance and lead to detrimental effects. In this pilot study, 56 dyads (cancer patient + relative) filled out a questionnaire assessing social support, social control, and reactance. After 4 weeks (T2), patients' exercise was assessed with a 7-day recall. About half of the patients did ...