In this fully updated and thoroughly revised second edition of Identity Theory, Peter J. Burke and Jan E. Stets expand their discussion of identity theory to address new theoretical and empirical research in the field. They cover identity characteristics, the processes and outcomes of identity verification, and the operation of an identities to detail in particular the role of emotional, behavioral, and cognitive processes. Written in an accessible style, this book makes the full range of this powerful theory understandable to readers at all levels.