Factorial Validity of Merz's Psychological Reactance Scale

Tucker, Raymond K.; Byers, Peggy Yuhas

doi:10.2466/pr0.1987.61.3.811

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“…For a measure to be valuable it must have internal consistency, external consistency or validity, and be replicable. Per the analyses of Merz (1983), Tucker and Byers (1987)) Thomas, et al (2001)) and Hong and colleagues. Hong's Psychological Reactance Scale does not seem to measure a reliable construct.…”

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A Unidimensional Measure of Hong's Psychological Reactance Scale

Jonason

Knowles

2006

Psychol Rep

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Research using Hong's Psychological Reactance Scale has been fraught with methodological concerns. Researchers have been unable to find a stable, a nd replicable factor structure. Here, results suggested t hat Hong's Psychological Reactance Scale is a unidimensional one with an average alpha of .74 (SD=.46). This value was attained by first analyzing correlation matrices reproduced from three reports on Hong's Psychological Reactance Scale and then verifying this new factor structure with original data. Tests for internal consistency supported a 1-factor solution. Tests for external consistency supported prior findings in relation to Psychological Reactance and offer evidence that the 1-factor solution is externally valid. While the authors contend that a 1-factor solution is appropriate, further testing is needed for external consistency and refinement of the measure.

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“…The scale was translated from German to English by Tucker and Byers (1987).' According to Tucker and Byers this translated version yielded only two poorly loading factors.…”

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Knowles

2006

Psychol Rep

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“…International interest in reactance is evidenced by the development of measures of this construct by psychologists in Germany, Australia, and the United States (e.g., Dowd, Milne, & Wise, 1991;Hong & Page, 1989;Merz, 1983, as cited in Tucker & Byers, 1987). Using samples of participants from around the world, reactance has been related to several important variables.…”

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Low-Stakes Testing and Psychological Reactance: Using the Hong Psychological Reactance Scale to Better Understand Compliant and Non-Compliant Examinees

Brown

Finney

2011

International Journal of Testing

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The current study examined whether psychological reactance differs across compliant and non-compliant examinees. Given the lack of consensus regarding the factor structure and scoring of the Hong Psychological Reactance Scale (HPRS), its factor structure was evaluated and subsequently tested for measurement invariance (configural, metric, and scalar) across two types of examinees: examinees that attended university assessments (i.e., compliant examinees) and examinees that skipped these assessments (i.e., non-compliant examinees). Measurement invariance of the HPRS across compliant and non-compliant examinees was supported, enabling the testing of latent mean differences, which provided known-groups validity evidence: non-compliant examinees reported significantly higher levels of reactance than did compliant examinees. Implications for low-stakes testing internationally, including strategies to increase compliance, are discussed.

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“…Właściwość ta nie jest uwzględniana w praktyce tworzenia narzędzi pomiaru przeciwstawiania się. Spotkać się raczej można z koncentracją na świadomości oraz celowości zachowań osoby i jej otoczenia (Oleszkowicz, 2001;Bukobza, 2009), formie wyrazu sprzeciwu (Dowd, Milne, Wise, 1991;Oleszkowicz, 2001), natężeniu potrzeby niezależności (Tucker, Byers, 1987;Dowd, Milne, Wise, 1991;Hong, Faed, 1996;Stanik, Roszkowska, Kucharewicz, 2006), stra-tegii radzenia sobie z ograniczeniami (Ostrowska, 2002), statusie uczestników relacji, proaktywności i reaktywności zachowań (McDermott, 1988;Bukobza, 2009), stopniu uzewnętrznienia, a także skutkach tych zachowań, w tym zaletach i korzyściach dla osoby i otoczenia (Stenner, Marshall, 1995;Oleszkowicz, 2001;Bukobza, 2009). Uwzględnienie więc "akceptacji", rozumianej w myśl wcześniej podanej definicji, wydaje się nie tylko teoretycznie zasadne, ale także interesujące, choćby przez wzgląd na dotychczasowe jej niedocenianie w praktyce budowania narzędzi pomiaru oporu.…”

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2016

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The article presents the validation procedure of the questionnaire to measurement of individual readiness to resistance toward unwanted social impact. One of the aims of the research was designing of tool to using in academic education context. The conceptualization was based on the literature relating to rebelliousness, negativism, reactance, disobedience and resistance toward social influence. Consequently, it has been assumed that the variable is multidimensional. The results shows that the tool measures four separate types of readiness to resist. Also the validity and the reliability were satisfactory. The empirical data were collected in a series of investigation which encompasses 653 people.Key words: resistance; readiness to resist; measurement; questionnaire; validation WprowadzenieCelem podjętych badań nad autorskim kwestionariuszem przeciwstawiania się wpływowi społecznemu 1 było stworzenie narzędzia możliwego do wykorzy-1 Badania prezentowane w tekście stanowią kontynuację projektu konstrukcji narzędzia,

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Factorial Validity of Merz's Psychological Reactance Scale

Cited by 38 publications

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A Unidimensional Measure of Hong's Psychological Reactance Scale

A Unidimensional Measure of Hong's Psychological Reactance Scale

Low-Stakes Testing and Psychological Reactance: Using the Hong Psychological Reactance Scale to Better Understand Compliant and Non-Compliant Examinees

Walidacja kwestionariusza gotowości przeciwstawiania się wpływowi społecznemu. Perspektywa aplikacji w edukacji akademickiej

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