Too Much of a Good Thing?

2005 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 359-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter J. Burke ◽  
Michael M. Harrod
Keyword(s):  
Control Theory ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
The Other ◽  
Identity Control ◽  
Self Consistent ◽  
Identity Control Theory ◽  
Newly Married ◽  
Self Discrepancy ◽  
The Relationship

Self-discrepancy (SD) theories and self-enhancement (SE) theories have focused primarily on people's motivations to seek either self-consistent or self-enhancing feedback. The two sets of theories, however, also suggest different reactions to the feedback people receive from others. SE theories suggest that people react negatively to evaluations that are more negative than self-evaluations, but positively to evaluations that are more positive. SD theories, like identity control theory, suggest that people react negatively to either under- or overevaluation. We use data from newly married couples over the first three years of marriage to test these different predictions of SD and SE theories. The results indicate strong support for discrepancy theories overall, though an examination of potential moderators suggests that the discrepancy effect is larger when the relationship to the other is stronger. We discuss implications of these results for identity control theory.

scholarly journals Dance and Socio-Cybernetics: The Dance event of “K’na” As A Shaping Component of The Cultural Identity Amongst the Arvanites of Neo Cheimonio Evros, Greece

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 30
Author(s):  
Eleni Filippidou ◽  
Maria Koutsouba
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Control Theory ◽  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Dance Music ◽  
Identity Control ◽  
Identity Control Theory

The research field of this paper is the wedding dance event of “K’na”, as this takes place by the Arvanites of Greek Thrace, an ethnic group moved to the area from Turkish Thrace in 1923. The aim of this paper is to investigate whether the three components of dance, music and song of Greek traditional dance, as these reflected in the “K’na” dance event amongst the Arvanites ethnic group of Neo Cheimonio (Evros), are related to issues of ethno-cultural identity under the lens of socio-cybernetics. Data was gathered through ethnographic method as this is applied to the study of dance, while its interpretation was based on socio-cybernetics according to Burke’s identity control theory. From the data analysis, it is showed that through the “K’na” dance event the Thracian Arvanites of Neo Cheimonio shape and reshape their ethno-cultural identity as a reaction to the input they receive from their environment. Therefore, the “construction” of their identity, as a constant process of self-regulation and internal control, is subjected to the conditions of a cybernetic process.

Cohabitation, Marriage and Delinquency: The Significance Family Environment

1997 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sotirios Sarantakos
Keyword(s):  
Family Environment ◽  
Parental Attitudes ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Family ◽  
Cohabiting Couples ◽  
Occurrence Type ◽  
The One ◽  
Parental Conflicts ◽  
The Relationship

This paper uses Australian data to examine the relationship between parental lifestyles and family environments on the one hand, and occurrence, type and frequency of delinquency on the other. These data, collected by means of interviewing, relate to a part of a longitudinal study including 512 children; 233 were children of cohabiting couples and 279 of married couples. The findings presented in this paper show that (a) there are proportionally more offenders coming from families of cohabiting than of married couples; (b) there are proportionately more offenders who become recidivists coming from families of cohabiting than of married couples; and that (c) the family environments of the majority of offenders are marked by instability, low integration, hostile parental attitudes, domestic violence, parental conflicts and parental indifference.

Revisiting the Identity Control Theory Approach

1997 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 363-371 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer L. Kerpelman ◽  
Joe F. Pittman ◽  
Leanne K. Lamke
Keyword(s):  
Control Theory ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Identity Control ◽  
Identity Control Theory

When Do Those High in Trait Self-Control Suffer From Strain?

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-33
Author(s):  
Kai Externbrink ◽  
Stefan Diestel ◽  
Martina Krings
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Control Theory ◽  
Study Time ◽  
Self Control ◽  
The Other ◽  
Protective Function ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract. We explore the limits of the protective function of trait self-control in coping with sources of stress. Inspired by integrative self-control theory (ISCT) we predict that trait self-control only buffers the relationship between self-control demands and irritation when individuals have to cope with one source of stress, whereas in cases of two stressors, trait self-control fails to attenuate adverse effects. Samples consisted of occupational students ( N = 163) and partly or fully or not formally employed students ( N = 135). Job-related self-control demands (SCDs) did not predict strain when trait self-control was high and the other stressor (academic SCDs or weekly study time) was low, whereas strain was disproportionally higher and predicted by SCDs when trait self-control was low or the other stressor was high.

Identity Verification, Control, and Aggression in Marriage

2005 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 160-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan E. Stets ◽  
Peter J. Burke
Keyword(s):  
Control Process ◽  
Gain Control ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Control Analysis ◽  
Interaction Patterns ◽  
Identity Verification ◽  
Identity Control ◽  
Perception Of Control ◽  
Newly Married ◽  
Verification Process

In this research we study the identity verification process and its effects in marriage. Drawing on identity control theory, we hypothesize that a lack of verification in the spouse identity (1) threatens stable self-meanings and interaction patterns between spouses, and (2) challenges a (nonverified) spouse's perception of control over the environment. In response to both of these circumstances, spouses increase control over their partners to counteract disturbances to self-in-situation meanings and to regain the perception of control over their environment. When increased control over the partner does not reaffirm one's identity or restore the perception of control, one may use aggression to gain control. Analysis of data from newly married couples over the first two years of marriage provides results that are consistent with this thesis. In general, we see how the lack of identity verification is tied to the control process, leads to dysfunctional interaction patterns in marriage, and more broadly threatens a stable social structure.

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