Anticonformism

General scientific definition

"Behavior that is deliberately designed to go against the position advocated by one or more others." (Nail 2010)

Nail, P. (2010). Anticonformity. In J. M. Levine, & M. A. Hogg (Eds.), Encyclopedia of group processes & intergroup relations (pp. 20-22). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412972017.n7

Relevant substantive theories

Psychological reactance theory

Sources

Brehm, S. S., & Brehm, J. W. (2013). Psychological Reactance: A Theory of Freedom and Control: Elsevier Science.
Nail, P. (2010). Anticonformity. In J. M. Levine, & M. A. Hogg (Eds.), Encyclopedia of group processes & intergroup relations (pp. 20-22). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412972017.n7

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