Defensive Avoidance is a psychological resistance strategy whereby individuals consciously avoid exposure to persuasive messages or attitude-challenging information to protect existing beliefs, distinct from other resistance tactics by its proactive prevention of message processing rather than post-exposure rebuttal or discounting.
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