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Direct linkBall, Hannah; Goodboy, Alan K. – Communication Education, 2014
Psychological reactance theory (PRT) is largely understudied in the classroom context. In this experiment, we manipulated instructors' use of clarity and forceful language as antecedents of psychological reactance and examined student communication outcomes (i.e., instructional dissent and challenge behavior) as ways in which students restore…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Emotional Response, Student Behavior, Interpersonal Communication
