Identities in Everyday Life - Hardcover

Stets, Jan E.; Serpe, Richard T.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 019087306X ISBN 13: 9780190873066

Publisher: OUP USA, 2019

Synopsis

Explores how identity theory in social psychology can help us understand a wide array of issues across six areas of life

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About the Author

Jan E. Stets is Professor and Co-Chair of the Department of Sociology and Director of the Social Psychology Research Laboratory at the University of California, Riverside. She is past Director of the Sociology Program at the National Science Foundation, and past Co-Editor of Social Psychology Quarterly. Professor Stets is a sociological social psychologist who works in the areas of self and identity, emotions, morality, and social exchange. She is the author of a dozen books and over 80 papers. She is the recipient of NSF grants, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, and a member of the Sociological Research Association. She received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the ASA Emotions Section.

Richard T. Serpe is Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology at Kent State University. He is past Co-Editor of Social Psychology Quarterly and Sociological Perspectives. Professor Serpe

is a sociological social psychologist who has been working in identity theory for the past forty years. His recent research is designed to further contextualize identity processes in terms of differential placement within the social structure. He has conducted or directed over 270 research projects funded by several private foundations, public and private organizations, local, state, and federal agencies.

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP USA
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 019087306X
• ISBN 13: 9780190873066
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 422