Introduction of Peggy A. Thoits: 2010 Recipient of the Cooley-Mead Award

Peggy's gift for synthesis and her unwavering dedication to rigor in both theory and method have led to findings that have fundamentally changed the way our discipline thinks about such core social processes as identity (Thoits 1992), stress and coping (Thoits 1987, 1991, 1994), social support...

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Published in:Social psychology quarterly 2011-03, Vol.74 (1), p.2-5
Main Authors: Lively, Kathryn J., Granberg, Ellen M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Achievement
Awards
Awards & honors
Behavior
Behavioral Sciences
Careers
Cooley-Mead Award 2010
Coping
Data collection
Discipline
Emotions
Faculty Promotion
Gift giving
Graduate Students
Health services
Identity
Indiana
Labeling (of Persons)
Medical research
Mental Health
Mentors
Researchers
Resistance (Psychology)
Scholars
Social Behavior
Social identity
Social processes
Social Psychology
Social support
Socialization
Sociology
Stress
Studies
Teaching
Teaching Methods
Theory
Undergraduate Students
Universities
Virginia
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Summary:Peggy's gift for synthesis and her unwavering dedication to rigor in both theory and method have led to findings that have fundamentally changed the way our discipline thinks about such core social processes as identity (Thoits 1992), stress and coping (Thoits 1987, 1991, 1994), social support (Thoits 1985b, 1995b), emotion management (Thoits 1990, 1996), labeling theory (1985a, 1990, 2005), and socialization (Pollack and Thoits 1989). [...] Peggy's enviable influence is also demonstrated by her very high citation rate and her subsequent designation as a "highly cited researcher" by the ISI Web of Knowledge www.
ISSN:0190-2725
1939-8999
DOI:10.1177/0190272510397854