Identity
Social‐Psychological Aspects
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7075973 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kevin D Vryan (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | 1-5 |
| Publication date | 2017-09-14 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosi006 |
| OpenAlex | W3037707707 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 16 |
Sociological social psychologists conceive of identities as social constructs – culturally and interactionally defined meanings and expectations – and as aspects of self‐processes and structures that represent who or what a person or set of persons is believed to be. Identities define people in social terms; they depend on shared meanings and situate their bearers within variously structured and enduring sets of social relations. If a person is believed to belong to several categories of persons, the meanings and expectations attached to those categories are presumed to be relevant to the person. Identities affect self‐conceptions and other intrapsychic structures and processes of the person believed to embody their identity as well as their actions; they affect how others will interpret, feel, and act in relation to the identified individual. The meanings of an identity draw on sociocultural constructs attached to an identity type and may relate to relatively enduring positions within social structures; they are actively and creatively presented, interpreted, and modified across different social contexts and over time. Identities are reflections of socially structured sets of relations as well as being emergent and negotiable by social actors. As such, they can recreate and reinforce existing sets of social relations as well as alter them
Aesthetics · Art · Identity (music · Psychoanalysis · Social group · Social identity theory · Sociology · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Power and Status Dynamics · Social Psychology
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Identity Work Among the Homeless
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2020 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |