Identity Control Theory Was Formed In the Context of Structuralsymbolic Interaction, Which Attends to the Different Positions In the Socialstructure In Which Persons With Given Identities Are Embedded and to the Impactof Structural Position on Identity Processes. One of the Differences Amongsocial Positions Is the Amount of Resources the Position Controls and Hence Theamount of Status Accorded to the Occupant. I Examine the Effects of Socialstatus on the Emotional Impacts of the Lack of Identity Verification. Status,Conceptualized As a Symbolic Marker Indicating Who Has Control of Resources, Ishypothesized to Have Two Effects. Status and Resources Help Persons Verifytheir Identities, and at the Same Time, Help to Suffer the Consequences of Alack of Verification. Data from the Spousal Identity of 286 Newly Marriedcouples Are Examined and Generally Support These Hypotheses. the Implication Ofthese Findings For Existing Theory and Future Research Are Discussed . Identity Theory Grows Out of Structural Symbolic Interaction (Stryker[1980] 2002). Two Features That Are Particularly Important In Structuralsymbolic Interaction Are Society and Self. Society Is Viewed As a Stable Andorderly Structure As Reflected In the Patterned Behavior Within and Betweensocial Actors. When We Look at the Patterned Behavior Across Social Actors Andsee How These Patterns Fit With the Patterns of Other Social Actors, We Findlarger Inter Individual Patterns That Constitute the Core of Social Structure.Wh ...