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On face-work; an analysis of ritual elements in social interaction.

Erving Goffman
- 01 Aug 1955 - 
- Vol. 18, Iss: 3, pp 213-231
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This article is published in Psychiatry MMC.The article was published on 1955-08-01. It has received 2287 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Social relation & Personality disorders.

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The effects of incompetency, audience acquaintanceship, and anticipated evaluative feedback on face-saving behavior.

TL;DR: This paper explored the influence of incompetency, audience acquaintanceship, and anticipated evaluative feedback on face-saving and found that face saving was greater under incompetency than competency.
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Getting out of hot water : Facework in social predicaments

TL;DR: The authors found that women were more concerned with repairing others' face damage, at least in part to preserve relationships; their self-esteem also was more harmed by lack of forgiveness, especially from friends.
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Risk, ritual and health responsibilisation: Japan's 'safety blanket' of surgical face mask-wearing.

TL;DR: This article begins to develop an understanding of surgical mask-wearing in Japan, now a routine practice against a range of health threats, through surveys conducted in Tokyo with both mask wearers and non-mask wearers.
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A test of Cramer's (1999) help-seeking model and acculturation effects with Asian and Asian American college students

TL;DR: The authors examined the generalizability of K. M. Cramer's (1999) help-seeking model for Asian and Asian American college students and found that the addition of acculturation, especially adherence to Asian value, improved model fit.