Affect Control Theories

A Double Special Issue in Honor of David R. Heise

Bibliographic Data

ID3756992
AuthorsA Kroska (0000-0001-5039-6435, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA, corresponding author), B Powell (0000-0001-8854-4501, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA), Kimberly B Rogers (0000-0002-3744-5295, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA), L Smith-Lovin (0000-0002-8211-4719, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA)
Year2023
Volume67
Issue1
Pages3-11
Publication date2023-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/00027642211066044
OpenAlexW4206331537
LanguageEN
References cited12

We introduce this two-part special issue that celebrates David Heise and his pathbreaking theories: affect control theory (ACT), affect control theory of the self (ACTS), and affect control theory of institutions (ACTI). These interlocking, multi-level, mathematically based theories explain a range of social processes, including impression formation, social interaction, trait and mood attributions, emotional experiences, emotion management, and identity adoption, and they do so in multiple languages and cultures. The 15 articles in this two-part issue test, apply, and develop the theories in new and innovative ways. After briefly summarizing each theory and Bayesian affect control theory (BayesACT), we highlight the key findings from each of the articles that follow

Aesthetics · Affect (linguistics) · Affect theory · Attribution · Control (management) · Epistemology · Honor · Identity (music) · Impression management · Internet privacy · Mood · Social group · Social identity theory · Sociology · Computer Science · Mental Health Research Topics · Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Power and Status Dynamics · Social Psychology

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