Background Choice architecture interventions, which subtly change the environment in
which individuals make decisions, can be used to promote behavior change. This systematic …

Psychological reactance, or simply reactance, has become a major concept of interest in
communication research. Although this spike in scholarly attention has greatly advanced our …

Political elites sometimes seek to delegitimize election results using unsubstantiated claims
of fraud. Most recently, Donald Trump sought to overturn his loss in the 2020 US presidential …

Although young adults are not at great risk of becoming severely ill with COVID-19, their
willingness to get vaccinated affects the whole community. Vaccine hesitancy has increased …

This research examines the influence of norm-based messages (positively worded
descriptive vs. negatively worded descriptive vs. injunctive vs. basic information) on …

Mounting concerns about COVID-19 misinformation and its insidious fallout drive the search
for viable solutions. Both scholarly and practical efforts have turned toward raising risk …

Psychological reactance, routinely operationalized as a latent construct comprised of anger
and negative cognitions, represents an aversive state following a threatened or eliminated …

Psychological reactance is an aversive motivational state comprising both anger and
negative cognitions following a perceived threat to freedom. This study revisited the …

Background Although health promotion scholars and practitioners frequently employ video-
based promotion, its effectiveness remains uncertain due to mixed findings. Nuanced details …

The purpose of this research is to examine:(1) the health-related factors namely perceived
health consciousness and perceived risk that motivate a person's intention to avoid junk …