Although many researchers have discussed the historical relationship between the Grounded Theory methodology and Symbolic Interactionism, they have not clearly articulated the congruency of their salient concepts and assumptions. The purpose of this paper is to provide a thorough discussion of this congruency. A hypothetical example about smoking…

There have been many studies that focus on understanding various aspects of human sexuality and how it relates to college students. However, the current research focuses on heterosexual students, leaving a void in the research that focuses on gay male college students. Even more crucially, there is a void in research that focuses on the sexual…

School bullying continues to plague students around the globe. Bullying research to date has largely employed empirical methodologies, including both qualitative and quantitative approaches. Using a philosophical lens, this paper seeks to better understand the intentionality of bullying by considering the satisfaction derived in the tears of…

The purpose of the study was, first, to fully explore the research related to the psychological construct of the Impostor Phenomenon and then to share personal experiences that would help inform and enlighten others as I had been informed and enlightened during the process. In order to accomplish this I researched and documented a comprehensive…

"Self-awareness" is a specific type of autoclitic discriminative behavior and inferential generalization to similar performances exhibited by other people. Brain imaging findings take on special importance within behavior analysis when they indicate that dysfunctions in these areas are related to differential effects of our interventions, with…

Attributions of panic are almost exclusively directed at members of the general public. Here, we inquire into the relationships between elites and panic. We review current research and theorizing about panic, including problems of identifying when it has occurred. We propose three relationships: elites fearing panic, elites causing panic and…

The hypothesis was that dissonance results could be obtained even under conditions which, according to the self-perception alternative, preclude dissonance. The hypothesis was generally supported. (Author/SD)

Investigates positive and negative perspectives of self-disparaging humor. (MH)

Attempts to show that many early adolescent behaviors which adults attribute to bad motives, derive instead from intellectual immaturity as described by Piaget. The apparent hypocrisy of adolescents is often a failure to distinguish between the expression of an ideal and its pragmatic realization. Piaget helps shift a whole new set of behaviors…

Based on Zimbardo's (1970) theory of deindividuation and Duval and Wicklund's (1972) theory of "objective self-awareness" it was predicted that self-awareness would lead to a decrease in transgressive behavior. (Editor)

Results from data samples in five nations suggest that the widowed have lower morale, generally, and are less affiliated than the married because of socioeconomic deprivation. (Author/CJ)

Two aspects of self-referent accuracy (SRA), a person's ability to judge accurately how others regard him are investigated

Reviews the history of self-concept research. Suggests that self-concept research was long neglected due to major hostile scientific paradigms: psychology's behaviorist paradigm, sociology's social factist and social behaviorist paradigms, and the Freudian paradigm in psychoanalysis. Contains 46 references. (SV)

The present study was designed to permit an evaluation of the attributional processes of actors and observers to behaviors with positive and negative implications for the actor. (Author)