The Therapeutic Reactance Scale: A Measure of Psychological Reactance
- 8 July 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Counseling & Development
- Vol. 69 (6) , 541-545
- https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1556-6676.1991.tb02638.x
Abstract
This article describes the development of the Therapeutic Reactance Scale, which was developed to measure psychological reactance as defined by Brehm (1966). The scale was factor‐analyzed into verbal and behavioral reactance subscales. Reliability and validity data are also presented.Keywords
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