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01-12-2008

Profiles in Social Justice Research—Elaine Hatfield

Author: John T. Jost

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Elaine Hatfield (formerly Elaine Walster) is one of the most influential social justice researchers of the last 40 years and—by virtue of her important role as one of the first prominent women in experimental social psychology—a trailblazer. She is probably best known to the members of the International Society of Justice Research (ISJR) as an equity theorist extraordinaire. Her remarkable career has, however, produced lasting contributions on a broad range of topic areas, including social influence, cognitive dissonance, self-esteem, emotional contagion, interpersonal attraction, romantic love, and human sexual behavior. I am proud to publish in this issue a new essay by Hatfield, Rapson, and Aumer-Ryan (2008) in which the authors address “Social Justice in Love Relationships: Recent Developments.” …

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Metadata
Title
Profiles in Social Justice Research—Elaine Hatfield
Author
John T. Jost
Publication date
01-12-2008
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Social Justice Research / Issue 4/2008
Print ISSN: 0885-7466
Electronic ISSN: 1573-6725
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11211-008-0081-0

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