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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Jan E. Stets is affiliated with the University of California, Riverside in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within the social sciences, with a particular focus on sociology and political science, social psychology, gender studies, clinical psychology, and general health professions. Over their career, Stets has contributed extensively to topics such as social power and status dynamics, social and intergroup psychology, social and cultural dynamics, cultural differences and values, racial and ethnic identity research, emotions and moral behavior, and contemporary sociological theory and practice.

Their frequently published work appears in several academic journals, including Social Psychology Quarterly, Social Science Research, Nature Human Behaviour, Society and Mental Health, and Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva). Key publication venues include:

  • Social Psychology Quarterly
  • Social Science Research
  • Nature Human Behaviour
  • Society and Mental Health
  • Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva)

Some of Stets' notable recent papers include:

  • "Micro, Meso, and Macro Processes in Identity Change: The 2020 Cooley-Mead Award Address" (2021, Social Psychology Quarterly)
  • "Identity Nonverification, Coping, and Depression and Anxiety During the Pandemic" (2023, Society and Mental Health)

Other significant papers where Stets is mentioned as an author or coauthor include works published in Social Psychology Quarterly and Social Science Research, such as:

  • "Prominence and Salience Effects on Identity Nonverification" (2023, Social Psychology Quarterly)
  • "Punishments and the dominance identity in networks" (2020, Social Science Research)

Stets has collaborated frequently with a number of researchers. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Peter J. Burke
  • Richard T. Serpe
  • Daniel Dukes
  • Kathryn Abrams
  • Ralph Adolphs

Their book publications are primarily with Springer International Publishing, including:

  • "Advancing Identity Theory, Measurement, and Research" (2023)
  • "Identities in Action" (2021)

Jan E. Stets has also been recognized with awards, notably being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Identity theory and social identity theory

    Jan E. Stets;Peter J. Burke

  • The sociology of emotions

    Jonathan H. Turner;Jan E. Stets

  • A sociological approach to self and identity

    Jan E. Stets;Peter J. Burke

  • Gender Differences in Reporting Marital Violence and Its Medical and Psychological Consequences

    Jan E. Stets;Murray A. Straus

  • Trust and commitment through self-verification.

    Peter J. Burke;Jan E. Stets

  • The Marriage License as a Hitting License: A Comparison of Assaults in Dating, Cohabiting, and Married Couples

    Jan E. Stets;Murray A. Straus

  • Bringing Identity Theory into Environmental Sociology

    Jan E. Stets;Chris F. Biga

  • Sociological theories of human emotions

    Jonathan H. Turner;Jan E. Stets

  • Handbook of the Sociology of Emotions: Volume II

    Jan E. Stets;Jonathan H. Turner

  • Gender Identity, Self-Esteem, and Physical and Sexual Abuse in Dating Relationships

    Peter J. Burke;Jan E. Stets;Maureen A. Pirog-Good

  • Handbook of the sociology of emotions

    Jan E. Stets;Jonathan H. Turner

  • Violence in dating relationships.

    Jan E. Stets;Maureen A. Pirog-Good

  • A Theory of the Self for the Sociology of Morality

    Jan E. Stets;Michael J. Carter

  • Verbal and Physical Aggression in Marriage.

    Jan E. Stets

  • Cohabiting and Marital Aggression: The Role of Social Isolation.

    Jan E. Stets

  • The Moral Self: Applying Identity Theory

    Jan E. Stets;Michael J. Carter

  • Self-Esteem and Identities

    Jan E. Stets;Peter J. Burke

  • Gender, control, and interaction

    Jan E. Stets;Peter J. Burke

  • Examining Emotions in Identity Theory

    Jan E. Stets

  • New Directions in Identity Control Theory

    Jan E. Stets;Peter J. Burke

  • The Sociology of Emotions: Prospects for the Sociology of Emotions

    Jonathan H. Turner;Jan E. Stets

Frequent Co-Authors

Murray A. Straus
Murray A. Straus University of New Hampshire
Linda J. Waite
Linda J. Waite University of Chicago
Gary R. Lee
Gary R. Lee Bowling Green State University
Paul R. Amato
Paul R. Amato Pennsylvania State University
Glenna Spitze
Glenna Spitze University at Albany, State University of New York
Cheryl Buehler
Cheryl Buehler University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Lynn K. White
Lynn K. White University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Alan Booth
Alan Booth Pennsylvania State University
Sandra M. Stith
Sandra M. Stith Kansas State University
Kay Pasley
Kay Pasley Florida State University

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