Greater number of group identifications is associated with healthier behaviour: Evidence from a Scottish community sample

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 466-481

  Sani, Fabio ^a   Madhok, Vishnu ^a   Norbury, Michael ^b   Dugard, Pat ^a   Wakefield, Juliet R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

diet; drinking; exercise; group identification; health; health behaviour; identity; smoking; social contact; social groups; social identity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCOTLAND; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NORM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCOTLAND; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL NORMS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937977884     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: 20448287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjhp.12119     Document Type: Article

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