A Formalized Theory of the Self-Concept

Kinch, John W.·1963·American Journal of Sociology

DOI 10.1086/223404

Open this paper in CoChat — free account

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1086/223404

Cites

Statistics

Claims the paper makes

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

Self-check

Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.

The self-check needs the paper’s full text.

The Power of Feedback
Hattie, J., & Timperley, H. (2007) · Review of Educational Research · doi:10.3102/003465430298487 · Cited by 12,905
Effects of Poly-Victimization on Adolescent Social Support, Self-Concept, and Psychological Distress
Turner, H. A., Shattuck, A., Finkelhor, D., & Hamby, S. (2017) · Journal of Interpersonal Violence · doi:10.1177/0886260515586376 · Cited by 291
Age Metastereotyping and Cross-Age Workplace Interactions: A Meta View of Age Stereotypes at Work
Finkelstein, L. M., King, E. B., & Voyles, E. C. (2015) · Work, Aging and Retirement · doi:10.1093/workar/wau002 · Cited by 142
The Moderating Role of Self-Concept Clarity in the Relationship between Susceptibility to Interpersonal Influence and Conspicuous Consumption
(2026) · International Journal of Marketing, Communication and New Media · doi:10.54663/2182-9306.2026.v.14.n.26.204-227

Authors: Kinch, J. W.
Venue: American Journal of Sociology
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1963-01
Volume: 68
Issue: 4
Pages: 481-486
ISSN: 0002-9602 (ISSN-L)
1537-5390
DOI: 10.1086/223404
OpenAlex: W2018524423
Cited by: 274
References: 0
FWCI: 13.65
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review