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Examining Audiences' Psychological Reactance to Christian-Sourced Excessive Alcohol Consumption Messages in the
Junho Park1, Russell B Clayton2
1School of Communication, Cognition and Emotion Lab, Florida State University, 3100 University Center, Building C., Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA.
Abstract:
This study experimentally investigated the effect of dogmatic and suggestive language in Christian-sourced excessive alcohol consumption messages among college-aged participants who identify as Christians or non-Christians, as well as the role of perceived similarity with the message source, on their self-reported freedom-threat, psychological reactance, and behavioral intentions to consume alcohol. The results from this study support psychological reactance theory and demonstrate the various message strategies to effectively communicate the negative health effects of excessive alcohol consumption to individuals who identify either as Christians or non-Christians.
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