Effect of threats to attitudinal freedom as a function of agreement with the communicator.

A Theory of Psychological Reactance

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Robert A. Wicklund, Jack W. Brehm · Journal of Experimental Social Psychology · 1968 · 97 citations

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Opinion divergence as a strategy to avoid being miscast.

Joel Cooper, EDWARD E. JONES · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1969 · 78 citations

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Negative persuasion via personal insult

Robert P. Abelson, James C. Miller · Journal of Experimental Social Psychology · 1967 · 67 citations

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