ROLE: A CONCEPT LINKING SOCIETY AND PERSONALITY

WILLIAM F. KNOFFAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 117, Number 11

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.11.1010

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The concept of role is considered to be a focal concept derived in the scientific study of social life to which social scientists and psychiatrists are increasingly turning their attention. A brief review of the development of this concept has been presented and attention called to its possible integrative function in the study of sociological and psychological phenomena. Some implications and applications of role theory are briefly discussed.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 117 • Number 11 • May 1961

Pages: 1010 - 1015

PubMed: 13757170

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Published in print: May 1961

Published online: 1 April 2006

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WILLIAM F. KNOFF

Associate Professor of Psychiatry, State University of New York Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse 10, N. Y.

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ROLE: A CONCEPT LINKING SOCIETY AND PERSONALITY

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