Studies // Cited work
Interaction ritual chains
Collins, R. (2004). Interaction ritual chains.
Level E Book doi:10.1515/9781400851744
What this study supports
Supports the claim that Collins proposed that successful interaction rituals create symbols of membership and emotional energy while failed rituals drain it. Theory built on microsociological observation, not a quantitative test.
- Who was studied
- Not applicable: a monograph in sociological theory.
- Design
- Book
- Level of evidence
- Theory, classical and historical texts, records and software: no empirical claim of their own.
Claims that rest on it
Each claim states what the site asserts, at what strength, and with what caveat.
TheoreticalLevel DConfidence MODERATE
Sociological and psychological theories propose that rituals generate shared emotional energy and group symbols and regulate emotions, performance states and social connection through their physical form and their meaning.
- Scope
- Theoretical frameworks for ritual across sociology and psychology.
- Caveat
- The frameworks generate predictions; many are tested only in short laboratory or single-site field studies.
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