Reactance is an action in direct contradiction to rules and/or regulations that threaten or eliminate specific behavioral freedoms; it can occur when someone is heavily pressured to accept a certain view or attitude. Reactance can cause the person to adopt or strengthen a view or attitude that is contrary to what was intended and also increases resistance to persuasion. A mild example could be a boy being all the more interested in a girl playing "hard to get", or teenagers drinking to excess in an environment of prohibition when they would not do so in a less restrictive culture. See: Aircraft attitude Attitude (magazine) Attitude (album) Attitude (psychology) Propositional attitude This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Persuasion is a form of influence. ... Prohibition was a period in the united states when alcohol became illegal. ...
The essence of reactance is rebellion. A rebellion is, in the most general sense, a refusal to accept authority. ...
References
Baron, Robert A., et al. Social Psychology, p152, Pearson, 2006. ISBN 0205444121
Brehm, Sharon S., & Brehm, Jack W. Psychological Reactance: A Theory of Freedom and Control, Academic Press, 1981. ISBN 012129840X
In the analysis of an alternating-current electrical circuit (for example a RLC series circuit), reactance is the imaginary part of impedance, and is caused by the presence of inductors or capacitors in the circuit.
Reactance is denoted by the symbol X and is measured in ohms.
The relationship between impedance, resistance, and reactance is given by the equation:
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