INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TAXATION AND SOCIAL WORK (IJTSW)

Middle Range Theory as a Source for Linking Personality to Social Structure

E-ISSN: 3433-5443

P-ISSN: 2445-2943

DOI: https://iigdpublishers.com/article/1071

For a century, the pursuit of a grand theory of human behavior has existed. One critical goal for a grand theory would be the ability to link social structure with personality. However, starting in the 1980s, we began recognizing a very gradual disinterest in the goal of linking social structure and personality for the formation of grand theory. Today the optimism for a unified field theory of all human behavior has all but disappeared. With the declining interest in the pursuit of a grand theory, efforts to link social structure with personality has also waned. Renewed interest in a grand theory appeared to be reemerging in the arena of middle range theories. The hope for linking social structure and personality on the basis of middle range theories becomes a highly viable alternative within the context of employing artificial intelligence. 

Keyword(s) Social Structure, Personality, Middle Range Theory, Grand Theory, Artificial Intelligence.
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Stephen M. Marson PhD ACSW & J. Porter Lillis PhD

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