Social modelling of health behaviours: Testing self‐affirmation as a conformity‐reduction strategy

Although the link between health and morality has been well established, few studies have examined how issues of morality emerge and are addressed in primary care medical encounters. This paper addresses the need to examine morality as it is (re)constructed in everyday health care interactions. A Membership Categorisation Analysis of 96 medical interviews reveals how patients orient to particular membership categories and distance themselves from others as a means of accounting (Buttny 1993; Scott and Lyman 1968) for morally questionable health behaviours. More specifically, this paper examines how patients use membership categorisations in order to achieve specific social identity(ies) (Schubert et al. 2009) through two primary strategies: defensive detailing and prioritizing alternative membership categories. Thus, this analysis tracks the emergence of cultural and moral knowledge about social life as it takes place in primary care medical encounters.

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The Poverty Reduction Strategy Initiative

10.1596/0-8213-5972-x ◽

2004 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

William Battaile Jr.

Keyword(s):

Poverty Reduction ◽

Reduction Strategy ◽

Poverty Reduction Strategy

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Effect of Supplier Transaction－Specific Investment on Buyer’s Trust and Supplier Performance: The Moderating Roles of Cost Reduction Strategy

Korea Association of Business Education ◽

10.23839/kabe.2020.35.5.237 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 35 (5) ◽

pp. 237-256

Author(s):

Seongho Kang ◽

Hangeun Lee

Keyword(s):

Cost Reduction ◽

Reduction Strategy ◽

Specific Investment ◽

Supplier Performance

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The appeal of and interest in Nordic walking in the opinion of 9-18-year-old pupils from selected Tricity schools

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity ◽

10.2478/bjha-2014-0030 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 6 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Malgorzata Pogorzelska ◽

Tomasz Frolowicz ◽

Pawel Drobnik ◽

Agnieszka Cybulska ◽

Iwona Bonislawska ◽

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Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Children And Adolescents ◽

Health Effects ◽

Health Behaviours ◽

Nordic Walking ◽

Natural Form

AbstractBackground: The purpose of the research was to check opinions of students of various stages of education in the Pomeranian province about the attractiveness of Nordic Walking in comparison with other activities.Material/Methods: About 500 intentionally selected students participated in the survey. These were students of 11-18 years of age. Half of them participated in Nordic walking PE lessons. The researched students’ schools were localized in the Pomeranian province in Poland. Methods of a diagnostic survey using two questionnaires were applied. The first one was used to assess the level of students’ physical activity and was also used to research health behaviours of children and adolescents in Europe (HBSC). The second one - our own - was created to asses the attractiveness of Nordic walking. In the first part, the subjects ranked Nordic walking in comparison with other forms of physical activity. In the second part, they declared eagerness to attend such lessons.Results: The collected data imply a vast diversity of students’ opinions about the attractiveness of Nordic walking in comparison with other forms of physical activity and indicate the need to do research in the area of students’ preferences in planning PE lessons at school.Conclusions: It seems that in subsequent years of education, NW will gain followers among this group because it is a natural form of movement, whose health effects are starting to be seen not only by teachers but also by students

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