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Peer reviewedWorchel, Stephen; Brehm, Jack W. – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1971
Presents experimental evidence showing that the desirability of an alternative choice increases when one's freedom to choose it is threatened; this reactance will be reduced if freedom is reinstated by another person; and desirability will also be reduced if another person under similar threat manages to restore his own freedom. (RW)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Conflict Resolution, Decision Making
