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defensive-avoidance hypothesis [1 record]

Record 1 1987-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Psychology
OBS

The hypothesis that an audience will reject an attitude-change appeal that incorporates highly threatening and frightening arguments because these arguments will be too painful to listen to.

OBS

Defensive avoidance hypothesis in fear arousal research. Natarajan, V. Indian Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1979, Mar. Vol. 6(1), 21-26.

OBS

Fear arousal and persuasion: A re-examination of the defensive avoidance hypothesis. Fukada, Hiromi, Japanese Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 1975, July, Vol. 15(1), 12-24.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie sociale

Spanish

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