American Behavioral Scientist, Ahead of Print. Social psychological theories provide useful tools for identifying interpretive processes that affect individual mental health outcomes. In this paper, we use the affect control theory of self (ACT-Self) t…
American Behavioral Scientist, Ahead of Print. Social research highlights the stability of cultural beliefs, broadly arguing that population-level changes are uncommon and mostly explained by cohort replacement rather than individual-level change. We f…
American Behavioral Scientist, Ahead of Print. The Trump-era political environment in the United States is characterized by changes to our information environment, specifically discourse surrounding so-called “fake news,” and knowledge of political sca…
American Behavioral Scientist, Ahead of Print. How can moral transgressors rebuild their image as good people? Using affect control theory, I hypothesize that prosociality—benefitting others—will blunt negative impressions of a norm violator. I also hy…
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American Behavioral Scientist, Ahead of Print. Status interventions alter task group members’ expectations for the value of each other’s contributions. While research shows that status interventions increase the likelihood that a higher-status actor wi…
American Behavioral Scientist, Ahead of Print. Physical artifacts are not neutral but are increasingly recognized across the social sciences as important to structuring meaning and social interaction. Affect control theory shows promise as a framework …
American Behavioral Scientist, Ahead of Print. The dual pandemics brought on by COVID-19 and racial violence has played a significant role in uncovering how systemic racism is deeply entrenched within white spaces in America. This article examines the …
American Behavioral Scientist, Ahead of Print. With this concluding article, we build off the scholarship from this two-part special issue on white space to recommend meaningful interventions that seek to challenge and dismantle white spaces at the org…
American Behavioral Scientist, Ahead of Print. Environmental nongovernmental organizations (ENGOs) need resources in order to mount campaigns and ensure their stability over time. What is the most effective strategy to attract these resources? Building…