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Top 12 Citations from Identity Theory
(Each greater than 1,500 cites)

  1. Burke, Peter J. 1991. "Identity Processes and Social Stress." American Sociological Review 56(6):836–849.

  2. Burke, Peter J. and Donald C. Reitzes. 1981. "The Link between Identity and Role Performance." Social Psychology Quarterly 44(2):83–92.

  3. Burke, Peter J. and Donald C. Reitzes. 1991. "An Identity Theory Approach to Commitment." Social Psychology Quarterly 54(3):239–251.

  4. Burke, Peter J. and Jan E. Stets. 2023. Identity Theory: Revised and Expanded, Second Edition. New York: Oxford University Press.

  5. Cast, Alicia D. and Peter J. Burke. 2002. "A Theory of Self-Esteem." Social Forces 80(3):1041–1068.

  6. Stets, Jan E. and Peter J. Burke. 2000. "Identity Theory and Social Identity Theory." Social Psychology Quarterly 63(3):224–237.

  7. Stryker, Sheldon. 1968. "Identity Salience and Role Performance: The Relevance of Symbolic Interaction Theory for Family Research." Journal of Marriage and the Family 30(4):558–564.

  8. Stryker, Sheldon. 1980 [2002]. Symbolic Interactionism: A Social Structural Version. Caldwell, NJ: Blackburn Press.

  9. Stryker, Sheldon. 1987. "Identity Theory: Developments and Extensions." Pp. 89–104 in Self and Identity: Psychological Perspectives, edited by K. Yardley and T. Honess. Chichester, UK: Wiley.

  10. Stryker, Sheldon and Peter J. Burke. 2000. "The Past, Present, and Future of an Identity Theory." Social Psychology Quarterly 63(4):284–297.

  11. Stryker, Sheldon and Richard T. Serpe. 1982. "Commitment, Identity Salience, and Role Behavior: A Theory and Research Example." Pp. 199–218 in Personality, Roles, and Social Behavior, edited by W. Ickes and E. S. Knowles. New York: Springer-Verlag.

  12. Stryker, Sheldon and Richard T. Serpe. 1994. "Identity Salience and Psychological Centrality: Equivalent, Overlapping, or Complementary Concepts." Social Psychology Quarterly 57(1):16–35.

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