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spq-theory-building

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Use when building the theoretical argument of a Social Psychology Quarterly (SPQ) manuscript into a contribution to sociological social psychology — whether the work is in the symbolic-interaction, social-structure-and-personality, group-processes, identity, or affect tradition. SPQ rewards an explicit social-psychological mechanism linking structure to the individual, not a bare finding. Structures the argument; it does not run analyses.

When to use

• Building theoretical arguments for SPQ manuscripts
• Structuring arguments in symbolic-interaction tradition
• Structuring arguments in social-structure-and-personality tradition
• Structuring arguments in group-processes tradition
• Structuring arguments in identity tradition
• Structuring arguments in affect tradition
• Formalizing within expectation states, affect control, or identity verification programs
• Defining observable implications and scope conditions

When not to use

• Running analyses
• Tasks where the argument only explains individual processes with no social anchor
• Tasks where the argument only explains macro patterns with no individual mechanism

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