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ERIC Number: EJ210532
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979
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Interest Inventories: A Source of Psychological Reactance?
Beller, Stephen M.; Warnath, Charles F.
College Student Journal, v13 n3 p277-80 Fall 1979
Investigates the hypothesis that individuals perceiving threat to behavioral freedom will be motivated to restore this freedom. A study using a pretest-posttest, with-in subjects design was conducted with undergraduate freshmen as subjects. The findings did not support theoretical expectations. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, College Freshmen, Higher Education, Interest Inventories, Personality Theories, Psychological Patterns, Responses
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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