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Authors:Mieke Beth Thomeer, Rin Reczek, Rui Cao, Dee Ferguson Abstract: Social Psychology Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Despite the turbulence of emerging adulthood, past research has mostly overlooked within-person heterogeneity in adult children’s levels of contact and closeness with their mothers during this period. Research further obscures how such temporal relationship patterns may vary across sociodemographic categories. We identify unique trajectories of the adult child-mother relationship using sequence analysis on the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979-Young Adult data set (N = 2,299). About one-third of mother-adult child dyads are characterized by consistently high levels of contact and closeness. The other two-thirds shift considerably over this life course stage, with differences in trajectory distributions by gender and race. For example, White sons are the least likely to be in the only socially positive group, whereas Black sons are the least likely to be in the low closeness group. We provide a social-psychological-informed perspective on intergenerational relationships during emerging adulthood, which highlights how social location shapes intergenerational dynamic ties during children’s emerging adult life course stage. Citation: Social Psychology Quarterly PubDate: 2025-02-01T06:01:26Z DOI: 10.1177/01902725241311306
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Authors:Kelly L. Markowski, Richard T. Serpe Abstract: Social Psychology Quarterly, Ahead of Print. In identity theory, identity salience refers to the probability that an identity will be invoked (e.g., “called up” or activated) across situations. In this article, we suggest there are many ways to invoke an identity, ultimately arguing that the multiplicity of salience operationalizations across decades of literature is valid because these operationalizations capture different identity activation methods. This leads us to theoretically reframe salience as an overarching concept that encompasses multiple methods of identity activation, including external and internal invocation. We empirically test this idea by estimating a second-order latent construct measurement model of salience. We use secondary data from the Religion and Identity data set to test a specification composed of first-order latent “tell,”“do,” and “think” constructs among 1,388 religious U.S. adults. Results support the multidimensional specification, outperforming alternative models even when other key identity concepts (i.e., prominence and role-specific authenticity) are included. This work adds to the decades-long effort to adequately translate the salience concept into empirical measurement, further aiding future analyses and data collection efforts. Citation: Social Psychology Quarterly PubDate: 2025-01-29T12:06:41Z DOI: 10.1177/01902725241311016
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Authors:Maria C. Ramos Pages: 149 - 160 Abstract: Social Psychology Quarterly, Volume 88, Issue 1, Page 149-160, March 2025. A long-standing sociological puzzle deals with how societies shape individuals and their identities. Sociologists have theorized that identities are organized around core elements, termed “master identities,” that influence the adoption and expression of other identities. In this study, I examine the position of values as master identities within identity frameworks. I investigate the link between conservation and self-transcendence values and holding a diverse set of voluntary memberships. Additionally, I explore whether values mediate the relationship between age, gender, and memberships in voluntary organizations. Using multilevel structural equation models and data from the European Social Survey 2002, I find that conservation and self-transcendence are both directly associated with holding memberships across domains and mediate the relationship between both age and gender and voluntary memberships. Citation: Social Psychology Quarterly PubDate: 2024-11-09T12:02:35Z DOI: 10.1177/01902725241289323 Issue No:Vol. 88, No. 1 (2024)
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Authors:Lenard Strahringer, Rense Corten Abstract: Social Psychology Quarterly, Ahead of Print. With the rise of the platform economy, economic interaction increasingly takes place under the regime of online reputation systems, which reduce uncertainty by publicizing others’ past behavior. Uncertainty, however, is central to the development of stable and cohesive relationships. The fundamental concerns are that reputation systems render personal, stable relationships obsolete and erode social cohesion. Grounded in social exchange theory, we propose two mechanisms through which reputation systems reduce commitment and inhibit social cohesion. These hypotheses are tested in a lab experiment simulating economic exchange with and without reputation systems. Contrary to our theoretical expectations, we find that reputation systems slightly reduce interactions between strangers and do not inhibit the development of cohesive ties. Although reputation systems reduce the expressive value of cooperation, they offset this undesired effect by increasing cooperation. Alleviating concerns about the social ramifications of the platform economy, the relationship structure appears largely unaffected by the reputation system. We conclude that actors interpret acts of cooperation differently in the presence of a reputation system, and market participants develop relationships not for purely functional reasons but as emotion-based by-products of economic exchange. Citation: Social Psychology Quarterly PubDate: 2024-12-10T10:41:24Z DOI: 10.1177/01902725241289880
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Authors:Maria C. Ramos, Nicolas Restrepo Ochoa Abstract: Social Psychology Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Sociological thought emphasizes the interdependencies between an individual’s multiple identities as crucial for understanding processes and outcomes at individual and societal levels. To describe such interdependencies, researchers often invoke the metaphor of a “network of identities.” However, sociology currently lacks a cohesive body of research that moves beyond the metaphor to actually conceptualize, measure, and study identity structures as networks, thus missing the potential benefits of this approach. In this article, we take a networks-based approach to capture identity structures and operationalize key concepts in the identities literature. We use role theory and identity theory to derive hypotheses that link well-being with the prevalence and intensity of interference and facilitation among identities. Using original survey data, we find that both the prevalence and intensity of interferences between identities and the prevalence of facilitation between identities are associated with well-being. Our findings demonstrate the potential of identity networks to advance multiple areas of sociological work. Citation: Social Psychology Quarterly PubDate: 2024-11-21T10:50:30Z DOI: 10.1177/01902725241292328
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Authors:Trenton D. Mize Abstract: Social Psychology Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Competence perceptions represent a fundamental dimension of human perception and have wide-ranging consequences for social interaction. Therefore, it is no surprise that multiple prominent social psychological theories emphasize the role of competence perceptions. We know that both a person’s gender and race-ethnicity influence assumptions about their competence, but we have only a few studies examining the intersections of these factors. Using a large survey experiment (N = 1,219), I examine competence perceptions at the intersection of 2 gender and 13 racial-ethnic categories. Results show large effects of both gender and race-ethnicity and also highly intersectional stereotypes; that is, there is no one overarching effect of gender or race-ethnicity but instead contingent effects. By oversampling racial-ethnic minorities, I also test the assumption of consensus for competence perceptions. Results show highly consensual perceptions, suggesting we all recognize society’s stereotypes even if we do not agree with them. Citation: Social Psychology Quarterly PubDate: 2024-11-09T12:04:07Z DOI: 10.1177/01902725241289875
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Authors:Ruri Takizawa, Vincenzo Iacoviello, Clara Kulich Abstract: Social Psychology Quarterly, Ahead of Print. In times of crisis, decision-makers often appoint atypical candidates (i.e., women or ethnic minorities) as leaders, a phenomenon known as the “glass cliff.” Two online experiments (N = 607) with employees in Switzerland and France investigated whether media and stakeholder (i.e., third-party) attention toward the organization drives these preferences given that atypical appointments may be used to signal change. As expected, we found that atypical candidates were more likely appointed during a high third-party attention crisis compared to a low third-party attention crisis and a no-crisis situation. Third-party attention, however, had varying effects on female and ethnic minority candidates, illuminating the complexities of atypical leadership selections during crises. Against expectations, candidate choice was unrelated to the perceived importance of signaling change. Although this research provides causal evidence of the impact of third-party attention on atypical leadership selection, the underlying psychological mechanisms postulated by signaling theory need to be further explored. Citation: Social Psychology Quarterly PubDate: 2024-11-09T12:03:35Z DOI: 10.1177/01902725241289366
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Authors:Yujia Lyu Abstract: Social Psychology Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Status construction theory offers a framework for investigating inequality-justifying consequences of microlevel encounters. While organizational role hierarchies (e.g., manager-employee or customer-server) dominate our daily encounters with categorically different others, there is no systematic empirical evaluation of the status construction effect of role hierarchies. I replicated the classic status construction experiment both in the lab and online to answer these questions. Results show that (1) the categorical membership consistently associated with a high-status role was stereotypically perceived as more respectable and leader-like but not more competent compared with the group linked to a low-status role and (2) only behavioral experience of the role hierarchy was sufficient to produce consensual status beliefs. Future implications and limitations are discussed. Citation: Social Psychology Quarterly PubDate: 2024-11-09T10:13:49Z DOI: 10.1177/01902725241289105
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Authors:Brent Simpson, Isabela Hazin, Kimmo Eriksson Abstract: Social Psychology Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Existing research and popular culture suggest that women are more approving of gossip. But are they' This research note uses two studies to ask whether gender stereotypes about gossip and other key responses to norm violations are wrong. The first study (N = 133) confirms that people stereotype women as more approving of gossip and that they hold gender stereotypes about other key responses to those who violate social norms, namely, ostracism and direct confrontation of norm violators. We then assess the accuracy of these stereotypes using a unique data set of 17,268 participants from 57 societies. In contrast to the stereotypes, these cross-cultural data show that men are more approving of gossip and ostracism in response to norm violations, and this holds across most societies. We also do not find any evidence for the stereotype that men are more approving of direct confrontation of norm violators. Citation: Social Psychology Quarterly PubDate: 2024-09-25T12:35:13Z DOI: 10.1177/01902725241268455
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Authors:Marion Hoffman, Christoph Stadtfeld, Timon Elmer Abstract: Social Psychology Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Dyadic isolation is the tendency of some individuals to be involved in pairwise interactions rather than in larger group interactions. This article investigates the interpersonal processes associated with the dyadic isolation of individuals with depressive symptoms. We hypothesize that such individuals tend to initiate more and stay longer in dyadic interactions compared to group interactions (dyadic preference hypothesis) and that individuals—irrespective of their own level of depressive symptoms—tend to join and stay longer in interactions when interaction partners have lower levels of depressive symptoms (depression avoidance hypothesis). We analyze two data sets (N = 123) of face-to-face interaction events (N = 86,915) collected with proximity badges at a social event. Hypotheses are tested using a relational event model (DyNAM-i) specifically tailored for modeling group interactions. In line with the dyadic preference hypotheses, individuals with higher levels of depressive symptoms are found to be more likely to join and stay in dyadic interactions. Post hoc analyses reveal that this result only applies to female participants. We find limited support for the depression avoidance hypotheses. Citation: Social Psychology Quarterly PubDate: 2024-09-24T10:48:42Z DOI: 10.1177/01902725241276407
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Authors:Freda B. Lynn, Yongren Shi, Kevin Kiley Abstract: Social Psychology Quarterly, Ahead of Print. When a group shares a viewpoint on a status order, their consensus imparts legitimacy to their shared understanding of that order. Conversely, a group espousing multiple viewpoints undermines the notion that one “true” hierarchy exists. To build empirical knowledge about how social groups contribute to the construction of status orders, we take the occupational hierarchy as a case study and map the structure of agreement across intersectional groups. First, we quantify the extent to which groups (1) agree internally on their occupational rankings (within-group consensus) and (2) agree with other groups (intergroup consensus). Using General Social Survey data on occupational perceptions, we find a cluster of privileged groups—namely, highly educated White men and women—who agree internally and with each other on the occupational status order. Lesser advantaged groups exhibit less internal agreement and do not cohere around an alternative conceptualization of value, leaving unchallenged the consensus of privileged groups. Citation: Social Psychology Quarterly PubDate: 2024-06-18T12:20:09Z DOI: 10.1177/01902725241256378
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Authors:Paul Glavin, Scott Schieman Abstract: Social Psychology Quarterly, Ahead of Print. American media coverage of the “Great Resignation” may have contributed to a belief that job dissatisfaction is widespread in the United States, even though surveys show relatively high and stable levels of job satisfaction among American workers. Using data from the 2023 Quality of Employment Survey, we investigate whether individuals’ beliefs about job dissatisfaction mirror empirical evidence or align more with media portrayals of widespread discontent. While most study participants expressed personal job satisfaction, over half believed that the majority of Americans were not at all satisfied, indicative of pluralistic ignorance—a phenomenon involving a collective misperception about a group’s norms or beliefs. Dissatisfaction beliefs were more common among remote workers and those with fewer work friendships. Moreover, believing in widespread job dissatisfaction was associated with lower organizational commitment, controlling for personal job satisfaction. We discuss the role of pluralistic ignorance in reconciling personal experiences with contrasting media representations of work and the economy. Citation: Social Psychology Quarterly PubDate: 2024-05-28T12:39:35Z DOI: 10.1177/01902725241253252
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Authors:Keith Cox Abstract: Social Psychology Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This article considers interactional trouble that arises when the social distribution of knowledge and interpersonal relationships come together in the delivery and reception of good news in pediatric neurology visits for video-electroencephalography testing. Contrary to common perceptions of good news as easy to deliver and receive, I find that it is occasionally fraught with hesitancy in this context. Using conversation analysis, I explore what drives this trouble and argue that some of the difficulty associated with good news in this context arises from its structure: Physicians prioritize conveying “the facts” of the news over characterizing its valence. However, parents treat physicians’ assessments of the news as critical for the news delivery. When physicians fail to evaluate the information they present, parents tend to treat news deliveries as incomplete, which not only causes difficulties in their reception of the news but also leads to protracted news deliveries. Citation: Social Psychology Quarterly PubDate: 2024-05-27T11:46:25Z DOI: 10.1177/01902725241253258
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Authors:Andrew Chalfoun, Giovanni Rossi, Tanya Stivers Abstract: Social Psychology Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Expressions of politeness such as please are prominent elements of interactional conduct that are explicitly targeted in early socialization and are subject to cultural expectations around socially desirable behavior. Yet their specific interactional functions remain poorly understood. Using conversation analysis supplemented with systematic coding, this study investigates when and where interactants use please in everyday requests. We find that please is rare, occurring in only 7 percent of request attempts. Interactants use please to manage face-threats when a request is ill fitted to its immediate interactional context. Within this, we identify two environments in which please prototypically occurs. First, please is used when the requestee has demonstrated unwillingness to comply. Second, please is used when the request is intrusive due to its incompatibility with the requestee’s engagement in a competing action trajectory. Our findings advance research on politeness and extend Goffman’s theory of face-work, with particular salience for scholarship on request behavior. Citation: Social Psychology Quarterly PubDate: 2024-05-09T11:46:07Z DOI: 10.1177/01902725241245141
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Authors:Kate Hawks Abstract: Social Psychology Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Major environmental jolts can prompt individuals to critically evaluate their personal view of the legitimacy (i.e., propriety) of established authorities, especially when jolts amplify conflicts between the authority and individuals’ value priorities. The COVID-19 pandemic constituted a major jolt that highlighted both clashes and alignment between the values of public health officials (enhancement of health and disease prevention) and other basic values. Using data from a survey of 1,356 U.S. adults collected in spring 2022, I descriptively assess whether the pandemic jolt prompted individuals to critically evaluate the legitimacy of public health officials. I then investigate how basic values that aligned and clashed with public health values during the pandemic shaped assessments of public health officials’ propriety two years into the pandemic as well as intentions to comply with them in a future health crisis. Descriptive findings reveal that individuals actively assessed public health legitimacy during the pandemic. Other analyses demonstrate how value (mis)alignment affects evaluations of the propriety of public health officials. Values also operate through propriety assessments to influence future compliance intentions, providing insight into social psychological processes undergirding institutional endurance and change. Citation: Social Psychology Quarterly PubDate: 2024-04-23T09:21:51Z DOI: 10.1177/01902725241241003
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Authors:Minjae Kim Abstract: Social Psychology Quarterly, Ahead of Print. I develop and test a theory to address instances of “visibly unpopular” norms—norms that are widely seen as neither collectively optimal nor enjoyable to conform with. Based on 76 interviews with Korean professionals engaging with a norm pertaining to excessive drinking at after-hours business gatherings (hoesik)—widely recognized as undesirable and disapproved of by both individuals and groups—I find that conformity serves as an effective signal of commitment to exchange partners not despite of but precisely because of the conformist’s visible aversion. Insofar as typical conformity with visibly unpopular norms appears “insincere” as such, conformity may continue. Vignette experiments further validate such insincere conformity’s signaling value. The implication is that despite the prevailing notion that norms persist because they promote collectively optimal solutions or are perceived as such, norms widely acknowledged as individually and collectively suboptimal may still endure. Citation: Social Psychology Quarterly PubDate: 2024-04-11T10:29:25Z DOI: 10.1177/01902725241239953
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Authors:Taylor Price First page: 1 Abstract: Social Psychology Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This article develops a microsociological framework of cognition, interaction, and creativity to identify group processes that alternatively facilitate automatic and deliberate cognitive processes in ways that drive the creative process forward. Analyzing interactions and cognitive processes by drawing on ethnographic observations and video recordings of 46 songwriting sessions, I find individuals sustain awareness of their collaborators’ cognitive processes and interact with others to, alternatively, sustain the automatic cognitive processes of their collaborators and compel them to be more deliberate. When new musical ideas provoke enthusiastic reactions among multiple members in a collaborative group, this moment of resonance can lead to “resonance in motion” if it is punctuated by a subsequent moment of resonance. The microsociological framework advanced in this article synthesizes sociological dual-process models with the distributed cognition framework to enhance future analysis and theorizing in sociology and social psychology on cognition, interaction, creativity, and cultural production. Citation: Social Psychology Quarterly PubDate: 2024-08-10T11:42:09Z DOI: 10.1177/01902725241266138
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