Using meta-analysis, the impact of a number of manifestations of social influence (important others, family, class leaders, coexercisers, social cohesion, and task cohesion) on exercise behaviors (adherence and compliance), cognitions (intentions and efficacy), and affect (satisfaction and attitude) was examined. The results showed that social influence generally has a small to moderate positiv...

INTRODUCTION Recognition of the factors related to women's health is necessary. Evidence is available that the social structure including social capital plays an important role in the shaping people's health. The aim of the current study was to investigate the association between self-rated health and social capital in women of reproductive age. METHODS This study is a population-based cross-...

Because of its highly developed social character, zebrafish is a promising model system for the study of the genetic and neurochemical basis of altered social engagement such as is common in autism and schizophrenia. The traditional shoaling paradigm investigates social cohesion in homogeneous groups of zebrafish. However, the social dynamics of mixed groups is gaining interest from a therapeut...

Sosyal uyum en genel anlamıyla insanların birlikte yaşadıkları topluluklar için nasıl hissettikleri, birbirlerine saygı gösterip göstermedikleri, güvenli ve içten bir çevrede yaşadıklarını ne düzeyde hissettikleri üzerinden değerlendirilmektedir. Bununla birlikte, sosyal uyumun literatürde daha çok işlevsel hedeflerle hatalı olarak kullanıldığı, nadiren tanımlandığı, kavramın açıklıktan netlikt...

We study social comparisons and status seeking in an interconnected society. Individuals take costly actions that have direct benefits and also confer social status. A new measure of interconnectedness—cohesion—captures the intensity of incentives for seeking status. Equilibria stratify players into social classes, with each class’s action pinned down by cohesion. A network decomposition algori...

Do adversarial environmental conditions create social cohesion? We provide new answers to this question by exploiting spatial and temporal variation in exposure to earthquakes across Chile. Using a variety of methods and controlling for a number of socio-economic variables, we find that exposure to earthquakes has a positive effect on several indicators of social cohesion. Social cohesion incre...

Abstract Refugee return often involves the re-encounter of individuals who were separated for years, but we know little about its impact on social cohesion. We explore this using data from a nationwide survey that conducted in Burundi, country experienced high levels repatriation during 2000s. find refugee has negative feeling community members help each other, could borrow money emergencies no...