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Heise, David R. – Social Psychology Quarterly, 2013
A new theory of interaction within small groups posits that group members initiate actions when tension mounts between the affective meanings of their situational identities and impressions produced by recent events. Actors choose partners and behaviors so as to reduce the tensions. A computer model based on this theory, incorporating reciprocal…
Descriptors: Group Dynamics, Interaction, Group Membership, Psychological Patterns
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Hyde, Toni; Kirkland, John; Bimler, David; Pechtel, Pia – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2005
The current study integrates descriptive (though primarily social-psychological) statements about youth suicide into a coherent, empirically supported taxonomy. Drawing from relevant literature, a set of 107 items characterizing these contributions about youth suicide was created. Seventy-two participants sorted these statements according to their…
Descriptors: Suicide, Classification, At Risk Persons, Youth Problems