Social disparities in health behaviours: The role of <scp>class‐related</scp> behavioural norms and social class identification

Blondé, Jérôme; Easterbrook, Matthew J.; Kulich, Clara; Chipeaux, Marion; Lorenzi‐Cioldi, Fabio

doi:10.1002/casp.2574

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“…People are more likely to be guided by what is perceived to be common and desirable in their group, if they think, feel and behave like typical group members, and this partly depends on the degree to which they identify with their ingroup. Research has supported this notion by showing that the impact of social group norms is stronger for higher compared to lower identifiers (e.g., Blondé et al, 2022;Masson & Fritsche, 2014). However, because high identifiers perceive a relatively strong overlap between themselves and their ingroup, the reverse process of self-anchoring (or social projection), is more likely for them as well (Thijs & Verkuyten, 2016).…”

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Disentangling unique and consensual group norm perceptions: A study with ethnic majority students

Thijs

Wiemers

2023

Int J Psychol

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The influence of group norms is often tested via people's norm perceptions. Yet, people's group norm perceptions can be inaccurate, which raises the question to what extent effects of perceived norms indicate real group influence. The present study sought to obtain a better understanding of the value of group norm perceptions in social influence research. We used (longitudinal) data collected in 51 primary school classrooms in the Netherlands (Grades 3–6) and examined how majority of children's (N = 779; aged 7–13 years) perceptions of the anti‐prejudice norm of their classroom peer group affected their ethnic outgroup attitudes both concurrently and over time. We divided these perceptions into a consensual and a unique part and investigated the moderating role of ingroup identification. Results showed concurrent effects of the consensual and unique norm perceptions, but a longitudinal effect of the consensual perceptions only. Classroom identification increased the concurrent effect of unique norm perceptions but decreased their longitudinal effect. Our findings indicate that norm perceptions can be important sources of actual group influence as long these perceptions are consensually shared, and that especially high identifiers rely less on their unique norm perceptions over time.

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Disentangling unique and consensual group norm perceptions: A study with ethnic majority students

Thijs

Wiemers

2023

Int J Psychol

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Social identity and health-related behavior: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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Pat-El

2024

Social Science & Medicine

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Social disparities in health behaviours: The role of class‐related behavioural norms and social class identification

Abstract: Inequalities in health behaviours (i.e., the tendency of socially disadvantaged people, compared to more advantaged people, to engage in fewer healthy behaviours) have been mostly accounted for by individual and environmental factors. The

Cited by 2 publications

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Disentangling unique and consensual group norm perceptions: A study with ethnic majority students

Disentangling unique and consensual group norm perceptions: A study with ethnic majority students

Social identity and health-related behavior: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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