Autonomy supportive and reactance supportive inoculations both boost resistance to propaganda, as mediated by state autonomy but not state reactance

We tested two counter-propaganda strategies for boosting peoples’ resistance to extremist propaganda, one based on Self-Determination Theory and one based on Psychological Reactance theory. Caucasian mTurk worker participants (N = 387) were told they would read extremist messages and were randomly a...

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Main Authors: Douglas Wilbur, Kennon M. Sheldon, Glen Cameron
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2021-01-01
Series:Social Influence
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15534510.2021.1908910