Advancing Identity Theory, Measurement, and Research

This volume presents recent advances in identity theory, which is a prominent and active theory in sociological social psychology and a versatile framework for explaining the sources of identities, how they develop, how they operate in situations and groups, and how they influence behavior and well-...

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Other Authors: Stets, Jan E. (Editor), Reichelmann, Ashley V. (Editor), Kiecolt, K Jill (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2023, 2023
Edition:1st ed. 2023
Series:Frontiers in Sociology and Social Research
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Part I Introduction
  • Overview of Advancing Theory, Measurement, and Research in Identity Theory
  • Part II Theory and Measurement
  • Conceptualizing Identity Prominence, Salience, and Commitment
  • The Importance of Where: Place Attachment, Religious Identity, and Religious Behavior
  • Assessing and Improving Measures of Identity Salience
  • Exploring Current Gender Meanings: Creating a New Gender Identity Scale
  • Part III Research: Individual Processes and Outcomes
  • The Mental Health Consequences of Sexual Identity–Behavior (In)Consistency
  • The Nonverification of a ‘Good-Looking’ Identity: Comparing Discrepancy Effects from General Others’ and Romantic Partners’ Appraisals of Attractiveness for Mastery and Anxiety
  • Materiality of Identity
  • Identity Theory and the Role of Pleasure in the Construction of Sexual Selves
  • Normative, Counter-Normative and Transitional Identities and Self-Esteem
  • Multiple Identities: The Parent Identity, Gender Identity, and Happiness
  • Student, Mexican American Student, or White Student?: The Relative Influence of Identity Prominence on Academic Outcomes and Self-Feelings
  • Black/Latinx Scientist or Black/Latinx and Scientist? Identity Integration, Threat, and Wellbeing among Minority STEM Students
  • Ethnic Identity Achievement, Identity Verification, and Ingroup Bias among Latinos
  • The Structure of Racial Identity: Comparing Non-Hispanic White and Black Americans
  • Call Out Our Own for Political Incivility? Shared vs. Oppositional Partisanship in Perceptions of Name-Calling and Deception
  • Please Don’t Go: How Group Identity and Endorsement Affect Retention in a Reciprocal Exchange Network
  • Part V CONCLUSION
  • Concluding Thoughts and Future Directions for Advancing Theory, Measurement, and Research in Identity Theory