Symbolic Interactionism as Affect Control

Symbolic Interactionism as Affect Control
ISBN-10
0791420418
ISBN-13
9780791420416
Category
Social Science
Pages
245
Language
English
Published
1994-01-01
Publisher
SUNY Press
Author
Neil Joseph MacKinnon

Description

A treatment of affect control theory, which holds that people try to manage their experiences so that their immediate feelings about people, actions, and settings affirm long-term sentiments. Includes the first propositional formulations of the theory, traces its roots to other social psychological issues, and interprets the complex quantitative model and empirical materials without resorting to mathematical or statistical discourse. Of interest to readers in any of the social sciences. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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