Alicia D Cast
Biographic Data
| ID | 3799344 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alicia D Cast |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alicia D |
| FAMILY NAME | Cast |
| SIGNATURE | CAST A D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Iowa State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5749-4943 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 347 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Conformity to Heterosexual Engagement Proposal Scripts
Previous research on engagement proposals finds that conformity to a traditional engagement proposal script legitimates the couple in the eyes of the larger community. This script, however, has long been held to be heteronormative, enforcing norms about not only marriage but also gender. Using a sample of college students at a midwestern university, the authors explore whether conformity to a heterosexual engagement proposal script transfers the …
The Self
Emotions and the Self
Emotions hold a central place in sociological understandings of the self, both as a facet of identity management and as an outcome of self-processes. We extend identity theory and research on emotions by suggesting that emotion may be another source of identity change and examine this using a longitudinal sample of newly married couples, focusing on person identities and depression. We find that individuals' identities change to become consistent…
Farmer identities and responses to the social–biophysical environment
Row crop production in the United States (US) Midwest is responsible for a myriad of water pollution issues in the Mississippi River Basin and the Gulf of Mexico. US federal and state governments have spent billions of dollars since the 1930's to understand and develop biological and geophysical practices that will reduce the negative impacts of agriculture on these landscapes and water bodies. However, significantly fewer resources have been app…
Why do men feel more attractive after childbirth
A great deal of research has examined women's bodily experiences with respect to pregnancy, childbirth, and the postnatal period. Men's experience of this significant life event is less scrutinized. Using longitudinal data from 182 newly married couples in the United States, we examine the effects of childbearing on wives' and husbands' feelings about their bodies. Our results suggest that whereas wives' perceived physical attractiveness declines…
Reconstructing the good farmer identity
All farmers have their own version of what it means to be a good farmer. For many US farmers a large portion of their identity is defined by the high input, high output production systems they manage to produce food, fiber or fuel. However, the unintended consequences of highly productivist systems are often increased soil erosion and the pollution of ground and surface water. A large number of farmers have conservationist identities within their…
A Story and a Ring”
Identity Change in Newly Married Couples
Previous research has examined individuals' relative preference for consistent and enhancing feedback by examining reactions to negative and positive feedback. Recent research shows that, in general, individuals prefer feedback that is consistent with self-views, even if feedback is negative. It is unclear, however, whether negative and positive feedback equally affect actual changes in individuals' self-views. Using insights from Identity Contro…
Resources and Identity Verification from an Identity Theory Perspective
The authors examine how personal, interpersonal, and structural resources are used in interaction to facilitate social actors' goal of self-verification. As the control of resources fosters self-verification, self-verification is expected to influence the availability of additional resources for actors to use to sustain themselves in future interactions. The authors employ a principal theory in sociology on the self, identity theory, to theoretic…
Participation in Household and Paid Labor
Our work contributes to research on variation in role-taking by investigating changes in perceptions of role-taking ability over time as a result of exposure to situations and activities typically associated with others; that is, we investigate how “walking in others' shoes” contributes to individuals' perceptions of role-taking ability. Using a sample of newly married couples, we examine the effects of participation in nonnormative domains on su…
Role-Taking and Interaction
This research utilizes longitudinal data from newly married couples to investigate change in perceptions of role-taking accuracy over time. It is suggested that when individuals feel they can understand their spouse's perspective, they will be more likely to be aware of how their behavior will affect the spouse; as a result, they will be more likely to behave supportively with the spouse and less likely to behave disruptively. Individuals' sense …
Well-Being and the Transition to Parenthood
Research has suggested that one factor that affects individual and marital well-being among new parents is role congruence. In this article the relationship between role congruence and well-being is theoretically recast using recent developments in identity theory. From an identity theory perspective, role incongruence is problematic because it reflects the degree to which individuals can verify their identities. When meanings in the social envir…
Power and the Ability to Define the Situation
Symbolic interactionism suggests that one of the main tasks for individuals in interaction is the establishment of a definition of the situation. Individuals can control this definition in three main ways: by behaving in ways consistent with their identity, by influencing the behavior of others, and by resisting the identities that others, in turn, seek to impose on them. It is unlikely, however, that individuals are equally able to control meani…
A Theory of Self-Esteem
Self-esteem has been conceptualized as an outcome, motive, and buffer, but there is no overall theory of self-esteem. In this article it is suggested that identity theory can provide a theoretical framework for the integration of the various conceptualizations of self-esteem. We suggest that self-esteem is an outcome of, and necessary ingredient in, the self-verification process that occurs within groups, maintaining both the individual and the g…
Does the Self Conform to the Views of Others
The interactionist tenet that we come to see ourselves as others see us has received only inconsistent support throughout its history, in part because of a number of factors that can disrupt the process. In this study we address several elements that have been suggested as important, including which others might be influential, the self's agency in protecting self-views from change, the time frame involved, and the individuals' openness to change…
Stability and Change in the Gender Identities of Newly Married Couples
In the present paper we use identity theory as a multilevel control system to investigate stability and change in identities. According to identity theory, change occurs when self-relevant perceptions become and remain inconsistent with the identity standard. Symbolic interaction theory suggests that change also may occur through the process of taking the role of the other; this process may facilitate the incorporation of aspects of role partners…
A Theory of Self-Esteem
Self-esteem has been conceptualized as an outcome, motive, and buffer, but there is no overall theory of self-esteem. In this article it is suggested that identity theory can provide a theoretical framework for the integration of the various conceptualizations of self-esteem. We suggest that self-esteem is an outcome of, and necessary ingredient in, the self-verification process that occurs within groups, maintaining both the individual and the g…
Reconstructing the good farmer identity
All farmers have their own version of what it means to be a good farmer. For many US farmers a large portion of their identity is defined by the high input, high output production systems they manage to produce food, fiber or fuel. However, the unintended consequences of highly productivist systems are often increased soil erosion and the pollution of ground and surface water. A large number of farmers have conservationist identities within their…
Stability and Change in the Gender Identities of Newly Married Couples
In the present paper we use identity theory as a multilevel control system to investigate stability and change in identities. According to identity theory, change occurs when self-relevant perceptions become and remain inconsistent with the identity standard. Symbolic interaction theory suggests that change also may occur through the process of taking the role of the other; this process may facilitate the incorporation of aspects of role partners…
Does the Self Conform to the Views of Others
The interactionist tenet that we come to see ourselves as others see us has received only inconsistent support throughout its history, in part because of a number of factors that can disrupt the process. In this study we address several elements that have been suggested as important, including which others might be influential, the self's agency in protecting self-views from change, the time frame involved, and the individuals' openness to change…
Farmer identities and responses to the social–biophysical environment
Row crop production in the United States (US) Midwest is responsible for a myriad of water pollution issues in the Mississippi River Basin and the Gulf of Mexico. US federal and state governments have spent billions of dollars since the 1930's to understand and develop biological and geophysical practices that will reduce the negative impacts of agriculture on these landscapes and water bodies. However, significantly fewer resources have been app…
Well-Being and the Transition to Parenthood
Research has suggested that one factor that affects individual and marital well-being among new parents is role congruence. In this article the relationship between role congruence and well-being is theoretically recast using recent developments in identity theory. From an identity theory perspective, role incongruence is problematic because it reflects the degree to which individuals can verify their identities. When meanings in the social envir…
Power and the Ability to Define the Situation
Symbolic interactionism suggests that one of the main tasks for individuals in interaction is the establishment of a definition of the situation. Individuals can control this definition in three main ways: by behaving in ways consistent with their identity, by influencing the behavior of others, and by resisting the identities that others, in turn, seek to impose on them. It is unlikely, however, that individuals are equally able to control meani…
Resources and Identity Verification from an Identity Theory Perspective
The authors examine how personal, interpersonal, and structural resources are used in interaction to facilitate social actors' goal of self-verification. As the control of resources fosters self-verification, self-verification is expected to influence the availability of additional resources for actors to use to sustain themselves in future interactions. The authors employ a principal theory in sociology on the self, identity theory, to theoretic…
Identity Change in Newly Married Couples
Previous research has examined individuals' relative preference for consistent and enhancing feedback by examining reactions to negative and positive feedback. Recent research shows that, in general, individuals prefer feedback that is consistent with self-views, even if feedback is negative. It is unclear, however, whether negative and positive feedback equally affect actual changes in individuals' self-views. Using insights from Identity Contro…
A Story and a Ring”
Role-Taking and Interaction
This research utilizes longitudinal data from newly married couples to investigate change in perceptions of role-taking accuracy over time. It is suggested that when individuals feel they can understand their spouse's perspective, they will be more likely to be aware of how their behavior will affect the spouse; as a result, they will be more likely to behave supportively with the spouse and less likely to behave disruptively. Individuals' sense …
Participation in Household and Paid Labor
Our work contributes to research on variation in role-taking by investigating changes in perceptions of role-taking ability over time as a result of exposure to situations and activities typically associated with others; that is, we investigate how “walking in others' shoes” contributes to individuals' perceptions of role-taking ability. Using a sample of newly married couples, we examine the effects of participation in nonnormative domains on su…
Conformity to Heterosexual Engagement Proposal Scripts
Previous research on engagement proposals finds that conformity to a traditional engagement proposal script legitimates the couple in the eyes of the larger community. This script, however, has long been held to be heteronormative, enforcing norms about not only marriage but also gender. Using a sample of college students at a midwestern university, the authors explore whether conformity to a heterosexual engagement proposal script transfers the …
Why do men feel more attractive after childbirth
A great deal of research has examined women's bodily experiences with respect to pregnancy, childbirth, and the postnatal period. Men's experience of this significant life event is less scrutinized. Using longitudinal data from 182 newly married couples in the United States, we examine the effects of childbearing on wives' and husbands' feelings about their bodies. Our results suggest that whereas wives' perceived physical attractiveness declines…
Stability and Change in the Gender Identities of Newly Married Couples
In the present paper we use identity theory as a multilevel control system to investigate stability and change in identities. According to identity theory, change occurs when self-relevant perceptions become and remain inconsistent with the identity standard. Symbolic interaction theory suggests that change also may occur through the process of taking the role of the other; this process may facilitate the incorporation of aspects of role partners…
Does the Self Conform to the Views of Others
The interactionist tenet that we come to see ourselves as others see us has received only inconsistent support throughout its history, in part because of a number of factors that can disrupt the process. In this study we address several elements that have been suggested as important, including which others might be influential, the self's agency in protecting self-views from change, the time frame involved, and the individuals' openness to change…
A Theory of Self-Esteem
Self-esteem has been conceptualized as an outcome, motive, and buffer, but there is no overall theory of self-esteem. In this article it is suggested that identity theory can provide a theoretical framework for the integration of the various conceptualizations of self-esteem. We suggest that self-esteem is an outcome of, and necessary ingredient in, the self-verification process that occurs within groups, maintaining both the individual and the g…
Power and the Ability to Define the Situation
Symbolic interactionism suggests that one of the main tasks for individuals in interaction is the establishment of a definition of the situation. Individuals can control this definition in three main ways: by behaving in ways consistent with their identity, by influencing the behavior of others, and by resisting the identities that others, in turn, seek to impose on them. It is unlikely, however, that individuals are equally able to control meani…
Role-Taking and Interaction
This research utilizes longitudinal data from newly married couples to investigate change in perceptions of role-taking accuracy over time. It is suggested that when individuals feel they can understand their spouse's perspective, they will be more likely to be aware of how their behavior will affect the spouse; as a result, they will be more likely to behave supportively with the spouse and less likely to behave disruptively. Individuals' sense …
Well-Being and the Transition to Parenthood
Research has suggested that one factor that affects individual and marital well-being among new parents is role congruence. In this article the relationship between role congruence and well-being is theoretically recast using recent developments in identity theory. From an identity theory perspective, role incongruence is problematic because it reflects the degree to which individuals can verify their identities. When meanings in the social envir…
Participation in Household and Paid Labor
Our work contributes to research on variation in role-taking by investigating changes in perceptions of role-taking ability over time as a result of exposure to situations and activities typically associated with others; that is, we investigate how “walking in others' shoes” contributes to individuals' perceptions of role-taking ability. Using a sample of newly married couples, we examine the effects of participation in nonnormative domains on su…
A Story and a Ring”
Identity Change in Newly Married Couples
Previous research has examined individuals' relative preference for consistent and enhancing feedback by examining reactions to negative and positive feedback. Recent research shows that, in general, individuals prefer feedback that is consistent with self-views, even if feedback is negative. It is unclear, however, whether negative and positive feedback equally affect actual changes in individuals' self-views. Using insights from Identity Contro…
Resources and Identity Verification from an Identity Theory Perspective
The authors examine how personal, interpersonal, and structural resources are used in interaction to facilitate social actors' goal of self-verification. As the control of resources fosters self-verification, self-verification is expected to influence the availability of additional resources for actors to use to sustain themselves in future interactions. The authors employ a principal theory in sociology on the self, identity theory, to theoretic…
Reconstructing the good farmer identity
All farmers have their own version of what it means to be a good farmer. For many US farmers a large portion of their identity is defined by the high input, high output production systems they manage to produce food, fiber or fuel. However, the unintended consequences of highly productivist systems are often increased soil erosion and the pollution of ground and surface water. A large number of farmers have conservationist identities within their…
Why do men feel more attractive after childbirth
A great deal of research has examined women's bodily experiences with respect to pregnancy, childbirth, and the postnatal period. Men's experience of this significant life event is less scrutinized. Using longitudinal data from 182 newly married couples in the United States, we examine the effects of childbearing on wives' and husbands' feelings about their bodies. Our results suggest that whereas wives' perceived physical attractiveness declines…
Emotions and the Self
Emotions hold a central place in sociological understandings of the self, both as a facet of identity management and as an outcome of self-processes. We extend identity theory and research on emotions by suggesting that emotion may be another source of identity change and examine this using a longitudinal sample of newly married couples, focusing on person identities and depression. We find that individuals' identities change to become consistent…
Farmer identities and responses to the social–biophysical environment
Row crop production in the United States (US) Midwest is responsible for a myriad of water pollution issues in the Mississippi River Basin and the Gulf of Mexico. US federal and state governments have spent billions of dollars since the 1930's to understand and develop biological and geophysical practices that will reduce the negative impacts of agriculture on these landscapes and water bodies. However, significantly fewer resources have been app…
The Self
Conformity to Heterosexual Engagement Proposal Scripts
Previous research on engagement proposals finds that conformity to a traditional engagement proposal script legitimates the couple in the eyes of the larger community. This script, however, has long been held to be heteronormative, enforcing norms about not only marriage but also gender. Using a sample of college students at a midwestern university, the authors explore whether conformity to a heterosexual engagement proposal script transfers the …
Psychology (14 works) · Social Psychology (14 works) · Developmental psychology (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Social Power and Status Dynamics (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (5 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Social and Cultural Dynamics (5 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (5 works)