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Beggars as Rational Choosers

open access: yesSouthern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT American municipalities increasingly regulate panhandling. That regulation is controversial. The determinants of panhandling activeness are unknown, and it is doubted whether panhandling activity responds rationally to incentives. To shed light on these issues, we collect data on hundreds of panhandlers and the passersby they solicit at ...
Peter T. Leeson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Bad Things Happen in Philadelphia”: Managing Stigma and Threats in the Wake of False Criminal Accusations

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
In the aftermath of the 2020 U.S. election, the boundary between activism and extremism blurred, with election officials reporting violent threats and false accusations of election fraud. From a symbolic interactionist perspective, these attacks provide a unique lens for examining the consequences of being falsely labeled a criminal.
Steven Windisch
wiley   +1 more source

Rational/Irrational Beliefs Dynamics in Adults

open access: yes, 2012
According to the theory advanced by Albert Ellis the emotional disorders are based on the individual tendency to make rigid assessments of his experiences or absolutist assumptions of the events he lived.
Vasile, Cristian
core   +1 more source

Angry Place Claims and the Deceptive Female Body

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
In this article, we explore bodily challenges women can experience when making angry place claims in social interactions based on interviews with 47 women across two generations and Candace Clark's concepts of social place claims and micro‐hierarchy. Our empirical analysis explores situations where women experience that their bodies negatively affect ...
Morten Kyed, Betül Özkaya
wiley   +1 more source

Constructing Difference: Maternal Boundary‐Work in Science‐Based and Natural Mom Groups on Facebook

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
Boundary‐work describes the activities of social groups as they seek to differentiate themselves from others to establish credibility, authority, or to protect their interests. While a growing body of literature explores occupational boundary‐work in health care, limited research has focused on how lay actors practice boundary‐work online.
Darryn DiFrancesco
wiley   +1 more source

Cognitive Biases and Irrational Beliefs

open access: yes
Irrational beliefs (IB) encompass a broad set of beliefs that lack empirical evidence and contradict scientific principles, often grouped into conspiratorial, pseudoscientific, and paranormal domains.
Petar Lukic   +8 more
core   +1 more source

P01-60 - Irrational Beliefs of Patients with Major Depressive Disorder

open access: yes, 2010
ObjectiveAccording to CBT theory, belief system has an important role in etiology of depression. Absolutistic, rigid and irrational beliefs might have influence on development and persistence of depressive psychopathology.
D. Lecic Tosevski   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Formation of Distance‐Based Orientation: Political Identity through Relational Positioning in Israel

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
Distance‐based orientation describes how pejorative labels may serve as anchor points for political identity. Existing research on political labeling has largely emphasized stigmatization, overlooking how labels may acquire durability and orienting capacity without losing pejorative force. Drawing on publicly circulating discourse, we trace positioning
Tammar Friedman, Asaf Saadon
wiley   +1 more source

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