Document Type
Article
Subject Area(s)
Sociology, Theory Construction
Abstract
Social psychology stands to benefit from multilevel theories that link it to both lower and higher levels of analysis. Making the link, however, requires a level of theoretical rigor heretofore relatively uncommon in the social sciences. After refuting several common objections to this brand of theorizing, I offer a rationale and a set of criteria for multilevel theory construction.
Publication Info
Published in Current Research in Social Psychology, ed. Michael Lovaglia, Volume 1, Issue 4, 1996, pages 30-42.