Projects Underway:

The MORAL SELF examines the theoretical and methodological features of the moral identity, moral acts, and moral emotions.

IDENTITY THEORY and EMOTIONS addresses emotional outcomes resulting from a lack of identity-verification in a situation.

ETHNIC IDENTITY examines the meanings of persons' ethnic identities and is developing ways to quantitatively measure them.

IDENTITIES, IDENTITY VERIFICATION, and WELL-BEING looks at the consequences of identity verification for well-being and mental health.

Grants:

Burke, Peter J. 2006-08. Academic Senate Research Grant, University of California, Riverside.

Stets, Jan E. 2005-08; 2002-04. Academic Senate Research Grant, University of California, Riverside.

Stets, Jan E. 2006-08. National Science Foundation.

Stets, Jan E. 2006-08. National Science Foundation, Research for Undergraduates.

Stets, Jan E. 2007-08. National Science Foundation, Doctoral Dissertation Research, Michael J. Carter.

Published Books:

Burke, Peter J. (Eds.) 2006. Contemporary Social Psychological Theories. Stanford: Stanford University Press.

Stets, Jan E. and Jonathan H. Turner. (Eds.) 2007. Handbook of the Sociology of Emotions. New York: Springer. (Paperback)

Stets, Jan E. and Jonathan H. Turner. (Eds.) 2006. Handbook of the Sociology of Emotions. New York: Springer. (Hardback)

Turner, Jonathan H. and Jan E. Stets. 2009. The Sociology of Emotions. Cambridge University Press, NY, in collaboration with Shanghai People's Publishing House, Shanghai, China. (Translated and Reprinted)

Turner, Jonathan H. and Jan E. Stets. 2005. The Sociology of Emotions. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Published Articles and Chapters:

Burke, Peter J. 2006. "Identity, Emotion, and Social Structure." in Social Structure and Emotion, edited by Dawn T. Robinson and Jody Clay-Warner. San Diego, CA: Elsevier.

Burke, Peter J., Jan E. Stets, and Christine Cerven. 2007. "Gender, Legitimation, and Identity Verification in Groups." Social Psychology Quarterly 70: 24-42.

Burke, Peter J. 2007. "Identity Control Theory." Pp. 2202-2207 in The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, edited by George Ritzer. Malden, MA: Blackwell.

Burke, Peter J. 2006. "Identity Change" Social Psychology Quarterly 69:81-96.

Burke, Peter J. 2006. "Perceptions of Leadership in Groups: An Empirical Test of Identity Control Theory." Pp. 267-91 in Purpose, Meaning, and Action: Control Systems Theories in Sociology, edited by Kent McClelland and Thomas J. Fararo. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Burke, Peter J. and Michael M. Harrod. 2005. "Too Much of a Good Thing?" Social Psychology Quarterly 68:359-374.

Burke, Peter J. 2004. "Identities and Social Structure: The 2003 Cooley-Mead Award Address." Social Psychology Quarterly 67:5-15.

Burke, Peter J. 2004. "Identities, Events, and Moods." Advances in Group Processes 21:25-49.

Burke, Peter J. 2004. "Extending Identity Theory: Insights from Classifier Systems." Sociological Theory 22:574-94.

Carter, Michael J. 2007. "Identity Theory." Pp. 2223-2226 in The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, edited by George Ritzer. Malden, MA: Blackwell.

Cast, Alicia D. and Allison M. Cantwell. 2007. "Identity Change in Newly Married Couples: Effects of Positive and Negative Feedback." Social Psychology Quarterly 70:172-185.

Stets, Jan E. 2006. "Identity Theory." Pp. 88-110 in Contemporary Social Psychological Theories, edited by Peter J. Burke. Stanford: Stanford University Press.

Stets, Jan E. 2006. "Identity Theory and Emotions." Pp. 203-223 In Handbook of the Sociology of Emotions, edited by Jan E. Stets and Jonathan H. Turner. New York: Springer.

Stets, Jan E. 2005. "Examining Emotions in Identity Theory." Social Psychology Quarterly 68:39-56.

Stets, Jan E. 2004. "Emotions in Identity Theory: The Effect of Status." Advances in Group Processes 21:51-76.

Stets, Jan E. and Emily K. Asencio. 2008. "Consistency and Enhancement Processes in Understanding Emotions." Social Forces, Vol. 86.

Stets, Jan E. and Peter J. Burke. 2005. "Identity-Verification, Control, and Aggression in Marriage." Social Psychology Quarterly 68:160-178.

Stets. Jan E. and Peter J. Burke. 2005.  "New Directions in Identity Control Theory."  Advances in Group Processes 22: 43-64.

Stets, Jan E. and Michael J. Carter. 2006. "The Moral Identity: A Principle Level Identity." Pp. 293-316 in Purpose, Meaning, and Action: Control Systems Theories in Sociology, edited by Kent McClelland and Thomas J. Fararo. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Stets, Jan E., Michael J. Carter, Michael M. Harrod, Christine Cerven, and Seth Abrutyn. 2008. "The Moral Identity, Status, Moral Emotions, and the Normative Order." in Social Structure and Emotion, edited by Dawn T. Robinson and Jody Clay-Warner. San Diego, CA: Elsevier.

Stets, Jan E. and Alicia D. Cast. 2007. "Resources and Identity Verification from an Identity Theory Perspective."  Sociological Perspectives, Vol. 50.

Stets, Jan E. and Michael M. Harrod. 2004. "Verification Across Multiple Identities: The Role of Status." Social Psychology Quarterly 67:155-171.

Stets, Jan E. and Shelley N. Osborn. 2007.  "Identity Theory and Domestic Violence."  Pp. 375-381 in Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence, edited by Nicky Ali Jackson. New York: Routledge.

Stets, Jan E. and Shelley N. Osborn. 2008. "Injustice and the Role of Emotions." Advances in Group Processes, Vol. 25.

Stets, Jan E. and Jonathan H. Turner. 2007. "The Sociology of Emotions" In Handbook of Emotions, 3rd Edition, edited by Michael Lewis, Jeannette M. Haviland-Jones, and Lisa Feldman Barrett. New York: Guilford.

Turner, Jonathan H. and Jan E. Stets. 2006. "Sociological Theories of Human Emotions." Annual Review of Sociology 32:25-52.

Turner, Jonathan H. and Jan E. Stets. 2006. "Moral Emotions." Pp. 544-566 in Handbook of the Sociology of Emotions, edited by Jan E. Stets and Jonathan H. Turner. New York: Springer.

Books, Articles, and Chapters in Progress:

Asencio, Emily K. "Reflected Appraisals: The Effects of Self-Esteem and Status on Self-Views for the Criminal Identity." (Under review)

Asencio, Emily K. and Peter J. Burke "Identity Change Among Criminal Offenders."

Burke, Peter J. "The bases of esteem."

Burke, Peter J. "Emergence of Status Structures in Small Groups."

Burke, Peter J. "Reliability and Bias in Exploratory Factor Analysis Techniques."

Burke, Peter J. and Allison Cantwell. "Identity Control Theory" in Encyclopedia of Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, edited by John Levine and Michael Hogg. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. (Forthcoming)

Burke, Peter J. and Jan E. Stets. Identity Theory.

Cantwell, Allison M. and Yvonne Thai. "Life After 39: An Exploration of Gender Differences in Income for High School and College Graduates."

Cerven, Christine. "Identities, Resources, and Psychological Well-Being." (Under review)

Harrod, Michael M., Matthew O. Hunt, and Richard T. Serpe. "Legitimation and De-Legitimation Process in Accessing Equity Evaluation: Self-Evaluation and Identity Among Whites, Black and Latinos."

Harrod, Michael M., Scott Coltrane, Ross Parke, and Sandy Braver. "Identity Salience and Commitment to the Parental Identity: Exploring the Role of Activities Among European and Mexican American Families."

Harrod, Michael M., Emily Asencio, and Kirk R. Williams. "Self, Reflected Appraisals, and Criminal Activities."

Stets, Jan E., Michael J. Carter, and Jesse Fletcher. "Examining the Moral Identity Across Different Methodologies."

Stets, Jan E. and Yvonne Thai. "Roles." in Encyclopedia of Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, edited by John Levine and Michael Hogg. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. (Forthcoming)

Dissertations and Masters Theses:

Asencio, Emily K. 2005. "Assessing Identity Change through the Impact of the Criminal Label." PhD Dissertation, Department of Sociology, University of California, Riverside.

Cantwell, Allison M. 2007. "Linking Values and Identity Theory: Undergraduate Value Orientations and Student Engagement Behaviors." Masters Thesis, Department of Sociology, University of California, Riverside.

Carter, Michael J. (In Progress) "Examining the Social Context in Identity Theory." PhD Dissertation, Department of Sociology, University of California, Riverside.

Carter, Michael J. 2005. "Group Membership and the Moral Identity." Masters Thesis, Department of Sociology, University of California, Riverside.

Cerven, Christine. 2006. "Psychological Well-being, Socioeconomic Status, and the Accumulation of Multiple Identities." Masters Thesis, Department of Sociology, University of California, Riverside.

Harrod, Michael M. (In Progress) "Towards Understanding the Role of Attributions within Identity Control Theory." PhD Dissertation, Department of Sociology, University of California, Riverside.

Harrod, Michael M. 2004. "Self-Verification, Status, Self-Evaluations, and Emotions." Masters Thesis, Department of Sociology, University of California, Riverside.

Osborn, Shelley N. 2006. "Directional Changes in Identity Non-Verification." Masters Thesis, Department of Sociology, University of California, Riverside.

Thai, Yvonne. 2007. "Empathy and Social Structure in Altruistic Processes." Masters Thesis, Department of Sociology, University of California, Riverside.