Tag: Anger

Reconsidering the role(s) of affect in inoculation theory-conferred resistance to influence

Affect is part of the process of inoculation-conferred resistance to influence—but exactly what part, and when, and under what conditions, and with whom, and against what, and, in…

Boosting the potency of resistance: Combining the motivational forces of inoculation and psychological reactance

This theory-driven method of fine-tuning the basic inoculation model should help to sustain and enrich inoculation as an active and dynamic theory of resistance to attitude change. Claude…