Resource Theory

Erscheinungsjahr 1992
ISBN: 978-0-12-261310-4
Verlag: Academic Press Inc

Buch, Englisch, 291 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 610 g

This volume serves as an update on current developments in Resource Theory and presents a representative sample of contemporary research conducted within this theoretical perspective. Resource Thoery presents empirical evidence
supporting the cross-cultural validity of this framework. Attention is focused on a broad range of social-psychological phenomena that have been fruitfully explored using this theoretical approach.

Key - Social Exchange Theory
- Cross-cultural Theory
- Social Relationships

Autoren/Hrsg.

Foa, Uriel G.

Converse, John

Tarnblom, Kjell Y.

Foa, Edna B.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

U.G. Foa, K.T. Tornbolm, E.B. Foa, and J. Converse, Jr., Introduction: Resource Theory in Social Psychology.

Probing the Basic Notions:

U.G. Foa, Interpersonal and Economic Resources.

J. Converse, Jr., and U.G. Foa, Some Principles of Equity in Interpersonal Exchanges.

D. Brinberg and P. Castell, A Resource Exchange Theory Approach to Interpersonal Interactions: A Test of Foa's Theory.

U.G. Foa, L.N. Salcedo, K.Y. Tornblom, M. Garner, H. Glaubman, and M. Teichman, Interrelation of Social Resources: Evidence of Pancultural Invariance.

Resource Needs and Life Satisfaction:

R. Blieszner, Resource Exchange in the Social Networks of Elderly Women.

K.Y. Tornblom and B.O. Nilsson, The Effect of Matching Resources to Source on Their Perceived Importance and Sufficiency.

J.H. Berg and F.A. Wiebe, Resource Exchange in the Workplace: Exchange of Economic and Interpersonal Resources.

K.D. Rettig, S.M. Danes, and J.W. Bauer, Gender Differences in Perceived Family Life Quality among Economically Stressed Farm Families.

M. Teichman, H. Glaubman, and M. Garner, From Early Adolescence to Middly-Age Adulthood: The Perceived Need for Interpersonal Resources in Four Developmental Stages.

Applications and Integrations:

J.H. Berg, K.E. Piner, and S.M. Frank, Resource Theory and Close Relationships.

K. Tornblom, P. Sten, K. Pirak, A. Pudas and E. Tornlund, Type of Resource and Choice of
Comparison Target.

D. Brinberg and S. Ganesan, An Application of Foa's Resource Theory to Product Positioning.

L.L'Abate and T. Harel, Deriving, Developing, and Expanding a Theory of Developmental Competence from Resource Exchange Theory.

R.A. Hinde, Epilogue.
Appendix: A Bibliography of Uriel G. Foa's Publications.

Über Autor(innen)

Edna B. Foa, Ph.D., is professor at the Allegheny University of the Health Services and director of the Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety. She has published several books and over 100 articles and book chapters, has lectured extensively around the world, and was chair of the OCD work group and co-chair of the PTSD work group of the DSM-IV.